Overview

• The pilot project’s scope and financial terms remain undisclosed as Google conducts private talks with national news outlets.
• Google’s move marks its first broader content licensing effort beyond existing agreements with the Associated Press and Reddit.
• OpenAI and Perplexity have already secured partnerships with publishers including Condé Nast, Dotdash Meredith, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times and The Independent.
• Publishers report that Google’s AI Overviews have diverted up to 60 percent of their organic search traffic by surfacing summaries instead of source links.
• Similarweb data shows Google’s global search share has dipped below 90 percent in six of the last seven months, increasing pressure to formalize content partnerships.