Casey Newton

And if nothing really breaks for them, then they can dial it another 5% or 10%. Every other business on the internet might be kicking and screaming the whole time, but there is almost truly nothing they can do because Google is in control.

And if nothing really breaks for them, then they can dial it another 5% or 10%. Every other business on the internet might be kicking and screaming the whole time, but there is almost truly nothing they can do because Google is in control.

So to me, what this moment has meant is that on stage this week at Google IO, the company essentially put the web into a state of managed decline where they said, without saying it, that the web was really useful for 25 years. but we don't need it anymore.

So to me, what this moment has meant is that on stage this week at Google IO, the company essentially put the web into a state of managed decline where they said, without saying it, that the web was really useful for 25 years. but we don't need it anymore.

So to me, what this moment has meant is that on stage this week at Google IO, the company essentially put the web into a state of managed decline where they said, without saying it, that the web was really useful for 25 years. but we don't need it anymore.

Because with generative AI, we'll be able to tell you anything that the web could have told you, and you're not even going to have to leave Google to get the information.

Because with generative AI, we'll be able to tell you anything that the web could have told you, and you're not even going to have to leave Google to get the information.

Because with generative AI, we'll be able to tell you anything that the web could have told you, and you're not even going to have to leave Google to get the information.

Mostly via microphones. Because that's just the relationship you've set up for us.

Mostly via microphones. Because that's just the relationship you've set up for us.

Mostly via microphones. Because that's just the relationship you've set up for us.

Yeah, and I'm a little nervous that I am over-rotated here, right? And yet, if you look at the trajectory of the journalism industry since I got into it in 2002, it pretty much just is a line falling off a cliff.

Yeah, and I'm a little nervous that I am over-rotated here, right? And yet, if you look at the trajectory of the journalism industry since I got into it in 2002, it pretty much just is a line falling off a cliff.

Yeah, and I'm a little nervous that I am over-rotated here, right? And yet, if you look at the trajectory of the journalism industry since I got into it in 2002, it pretty much just is a line falling off a cliff.

Not always causation. And I'm not saying it's all the internet's fault. I'm not even saying this was Google's job to fix this necessarily. It just did become the economic engine that powered the web. And so the moment when it says, This honestly just is not that important to us anymore.

Not always causation. And I'm not saying it's all the internet's fault. I'm not even saying this was Google's job to fix this necessarily. It just did become the economic engine that powered the web. And so the moment when it says, This honestly just is not that important to us anymore.

Not always causation. And I'm not saying it's all the internet's fault. I'm not even saying this was Google's job to fix this necessarily. It just did become the economic engine that powered the web. And so the moment when it says, This honestly just is not that important to us anymore.

Regardless of what you think of whether that is good or bad or what Google should have to do, it just is a big deal for publishers. There's been some reporting on this in the Wall Street Journal. And analysts believe that publishers might lose between 20% and 40% of their traffic over the next year as this stuff rolls out, right? Because we should say, what happened this week was Google...

Regardless of what you think of whether that is good or bad or what Google should have to do, it just is a big deal for publishers. There's been some reporting on this in the Wall Street Journal. And analysts believe that publishers might lose between 20% and 40% of their traffic over the next year as this stuff rolls out, right? Because we should say, what happened this week was Google...

Regardless of what you think of whether that is good or bad or what Google should have to do, it just is a big deal for publishers. There's been some reporting on this in the Wall Street Journal. And analysts believe that publishers might lose between 20% and 40% of their traffic over the next year as this stuff rolls out, right? Because we should say, what happened this week was Google...