Publishers outlined how they’re preparing for a post-search era by prioritizing direct audiences, diversified revenue and AI strategies that put their journalism (and not the platforms) at the center, at the September 2026 edition of the Digiday Publishing Summit, held Sept. 14-16 in Miami, Florida. Executives from media companies ranging from The New York Times to The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and USA Today Co. described how they’re shifting away from chasing scale and platform-driven traffic toward building more durable, direct and differentiated businesses as Google referrals decline and AI reshapes how audiences discover and consume…
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