The journey to Google SGE

Google's monopoly is busted, handing news a chance card

Everyone wants great search and trustworthy news, so here are some ideas how the judge can achieve both, with some radical thinking...

Aug 9 •

World first study reveals who Google's AI search hurts most

A months-long investigation with five global publishers shows how news traffic will be impacted by Google's new AI Overviews...

Jun 12 •

Google’s breaking down, but we need to keep our eye on the ball

Arielle Garcia quit as one of the world's top privacy experts to gain the freedom to ask the tough questions. Now she’s delivering on her promise…

Jun 10 •

Arielle S. Garcia

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Google's wonky AI search sends CEO into legal minefield

It's no more Mr Nice Google as it risks its 30-year legacy for creating the web into a short-term cash grab fearing an antitrust breakup

May 29 •

Publishers are sent Back to the Future by AI Overviews

How will Google's AI changes to search impact on brands, publishers, and everyone who relies on the web for a living. We go deep with Disrupt Radio...

May 20 •

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The law that derailed media for 25 years might now be its saviour

Google's pivot to GenAI search means the giant is switching from a platform into a publisher, and that means it's now liable for what it publishes...

May 17 •

Google's killer AI-steroid is targeting a news site near you

Search as you know it is ending, and being replaced by GenAI results written by Gemini, leaving publishers facing a potentially deadly crisis...

May 15 •

Is $412 billion in one quarter a Big Tech monopoly?

Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Apple just reported earnings of more than $3.2 million a minute, and they are still growing...

May 6 •

Hey Gemini, stop stealing my stuff, and tell me how you'll pay me instead

Google has banned its AI from answering questions about elections, so I asked it how it thought it could work best with premium publishers...

Mar 25 •

Boom. Apple plunges $115 billion as US Government launches antitrust

The $12 trillion antitrust war is exploding. Apple now joins Google, Meta, and Amazon in the regulators' crosshairs, and it's up for a fight...

Mar 21 •

Old man Google is showing wanton disregard for the law, watchdogs warn

Plus, the economics of the Reddit AI deal with Google, Meta's profits of slime, the WSJ's vision for the smartphone, and more...

Feb 26 •

Google is beset by problems, so it's heading down the mine for more ads

Google is under antitrust attack and losing ground on rivals, but investors are demanding returns. Pichai faces an advertising Hail Mary...

Jan 25 •

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