US EditionRolling Stone, Billboard owner Penske sues Google over AI overviews
Penske Media alleges Google's AI summaries reduce site visits and affiliate revenue by over a third, raising concerns about market dominance and content licensing fairness.
- Penske Media Corp., owner of Rolling Stone and Variety, filed a lawsuit on Friday against Google alleging its AI-generated summaries unlawfully siphon traffic and revenue from publishers.
- The suit claims Google exploits its near 90% U.S. search market share to coerce Penske into allowing use of its content in AI Overviews without fair payment or consent.
- Penske states the AI feature reduces referral clicks by up to 20%, harming ad, subscription, and affiliate revenue that depend on users visiting official sites.
- Google argues AI Overviews improve user experience by synthesizing information and sending traffic to a wider variety of websites, calling the feature transformative and helpful.
- This lawsuit, the first by a major U.S. publisher on AI summaries, could set a precedent influencing licensing and business models amid growing tension between AI innovation and copyright.
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Does Google abuse its monopoly in web search? In any case, a US media company accuses the company of doing so. The accusation: Because of Google's AI summaries, many people no longer visit the websites.
The US company Penske Media has filed a lawsuit against Google for the use of journalistic content in the AI summaries at the top of the search results.
Rolling Stone’s parent company sues Google over AI Overviews
Disclosure: Penske Media Corporation is an investor in Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company. Penske Media Corporation, the publisher of Rolling Stone and The Hollywood Reporter, has become the first major American media company to sue Google over its AI summaries. The company claims that the AI Overviews that often appear at the top of search results leave users with little reason to click through to the source, hurting traffic and illegally be…
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