High Value Publishing · 2026-03-10 · 37 min
Eric Shanfelt and Jez Walters are back for the March edition of What's New in Publishing, the monthly roundup of the biggest stories in digital media for magazine and news publishers. In this episode: Google's alarming new patent - It's been granted, and it could allow Google to replace your publisher pages with AI-generated versions. Should you panic? Eric and Jez break it down. Meta AI Summaries on Facebook - AI-generated answers are now sitting right below posts. Facebook users never have to even read the post, let alone click through to your site. SPUR Coalition - A new international AI defense coalition backed by the FT, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC, and Sky News wants to protect publishers from AI scraping and unauthorized use of content. Publishers of all sizes can join free for now. Condé Nast's search traffic collapse, but niche publishers tell a different story - The big names are screaming that AI is killing traffic, but Eric shares real data showing some publishers have more than doubled their search traffic this year. The difference? It depends on what kind of publisher you are. What actually happens when you block AI bots?
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