“The state of web publishing looks increasingly grim. Dotdash Meredith, which publishes sites including People and Food & Wine, said on its most recent earnings call that traffic from Google is now roughly half what it was four years ago. Business Insider said on Thursday that it was laying off 21% of its staff, saying the business “must be structured to endure extreme traffic drops outside of our control.”
Now let's add #AI!
#Web Pub is not cooked. It's burned to a complete cinder.
😭 😭 😭
ThomasAPowell
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2025-05-30 22:44:17 UTC
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