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UK publishers allowed to opt out of Google AI search results
Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Online publishers can choose not to appear in the AI Overviews of Google search results in the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced. The competition regulator said this would 'put…
How Will Pope Joining AI Debate Shift The Landscape For Publishers?
This illustration picture shows Pope Leo XIV Encyclical Letter 'Magnifica Humanitas', focused on the rise of artificial intelligence, in The Vatican on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images) Content publishers are fighting…
Administration publishes new rules for Medicaid work requirements
The Trump administration late Monday published new rules that tell states how to set up Medicaid work requirements. © Associated Press/Julia Demaree Nikhinson GOP lawmakers and administration officials have described the policy as a way to…
Google must allow publishers to opt out of AI search results under new CMA rules
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Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK
Website owners can also prevent their content from being used to ‘fine-tune' Google's AI models. Website owners can also prevent their content from being used to ‘fine-tune' Google's AI models. Image: Cath Virginia /…
Google Forced by UK to Give Publishers Control Over AI Summaries
Alphabet Inc. 's Google must make changes to its artificial intelligence generated search summaries after the UK's antitrust watchdog ordered it to give publishers more control over how their content is used. The Competition and Markets Authority…
Google must let UK publishers opt out of AI search under new rules
Britain has imposed new conduct requirements on Google's GOOGL.O search services, including allowing publishers to stop their content being used to power the U.S. tech giant's AI features, as the watchdog ramps up its oversight. SCROLL TO CONTINUE…
SEC Publishes Draft Strategic Plan for Public Comment
The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a Draft Strategic Plan that focuses on returning the agency to the core mission set by Congress more than 90 years ago: protecting investors; maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets;…
UK orders Google to allow publishers to opt out of AI scraping for search summaries
LONDON (AP) — Google must allow news sites to opt out of having their online content scraped to feed AI overviews and other artificial intelligence services and features for British users, regulators said Wednesday. The Competition and…
Universal Music Publishing Group Appoints Sunita Kaur as President, Asia
Sunita Kaur joins Universal Music Publishing Group as president, Asia, part of a major restructuring at the music publishing giant. Based in Singapore, Kaur will lead UMPG's activities across the Asian continent, and is tasked with driving…
Stuntman is getting a revival from the publisher Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
One of the more surprising announcements of today's State of Play was Stuntman: Hollywood, a revival of a PlayStation 2-era game series where players perform stunts on fictional movie sets. Like Stuntman: Ignition, this game seems to be primarily…
Publishers Quarterly Q1 2026: Sony Keeps Dominant Streak Alive
Sony Music Publishing continued to sweep the No. 1 spot on both the Top Radio Airplay and Hot 100 publishing rankings in the first quarter of 2026 after claiming that distinction in all four quarters last year. Its best showing this quarter was on…
The Rolling Stones photographic book to be published by Welbeck
The Rolling Stones © Wikimedia Welbeck, an imprint of Headline, will publish a new photographic book on The Rolling Stones. Create a free account to unlock 3 articles a month and receive tailored newsletters with the latest from the book…
The case for and against publishers buying paid traffic
Publishers haven't forgotten the paid-traffic reckoning of 2023, when the ANA's report on MFA sites prompted agencies to slam the brakes on arbitrage inventory. That crackdown cast a long shadow over paid traffic in general, and even reputable…
UK regulator orders Google to give publishers AI search opt-out
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has imposed binding rules on Google's search services in a move it calls a world first. The UK's competition regulator has formally required Google to let publishers opt out of having their content used to…
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