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News Corp adds Google-powered AI summaries to Factiva search results

Dow Jones-owned business intelligence search engine Factiva is adding generative AI summaries to its search results. The news database has deployed Google’s Gemini technology as part of News Corp’s ongoing business partnership with the tech giant. Factiva approached every one of its almost 4,000 sources for new generative AI permissions and received the go-ahead from a “significant subset” of them according to general manager Traci Mabrey. Source: News Corp adds Google-powered AI summaries to Factiva search results

Publishers hooked on Google Discover traffic risk race to the bottom

For many news publishers around the world Google Discover is now their primary source of traffic. Research from NewzDash, a news performance monitoring tool, shows that on average Discover accounts for 55% of publishers’ total Google traffic. This is up from 41% in a previous study. Yet it’s a risky strategy to rely on Discover traffic. Several Googlers are on record saying sites shouldn’t rely on Discover. Source: Publishers hooked on Google Discover traffic risk race to the bottom

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