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CMDG was at the forefront of urging the CMA to adopt remedies to level the playing field with publishers in the transition to AI-enabled search.
Now we urge regulators to ensure that the new requirements produce real-world outcomes, not merely procedural compliance.
Big Tech inserted itself between readers and publishers, buyers & sellers, workers and customers.
Now it is inserting AI agents between you & everything else.
A new report from @sallyhubbard.bsky.social asks the defining question of the next internet: Who do AI agents work for?
Here's a spot-on break-down of our report on how the AI content licensing market risks repeating the same policy mistakes from the social media & search consolidation era.
Thanks to @niemanlab.org @andrewdeck.bsky.social for the coverage.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/the-...
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for allowing us to share our latest report in their newsletter.
"AI’s Licensing Market Is Leaving Independent Journalism Behind". Read it here: mailchi.mp/rebuildlocal...
On Wednesday, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority said it will force Google to give publishers real control over whether their content powers AI-generated search summaries.
It's a big deal.
From @courtneyr.bsky.social @techpolicypress.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/uk-regulator...
BIG NEWS in the UK as its competition regulator announces Google will need to adhere to new conduct requirements in their use of publisher content for AI Overviews.
Our reactions: cmdg.tech/publications...
