Dive into the digital news revolution with Manny, Terrence, and John on our latest podcast episode! They dissect the surge of TikTok news and AI's role on YouTube, sharing their own media habits and the challenges facing publishers, like ad blockers. Discover the rise of algorithm-driven content, the fading role of editorial teams, and the debate over labeling AI content. Plus, they shed light on Google's latest search update favoring genuine, high-quality content.

This week’s stories:
Americans flock to TikTok for news - https://www.axios.com/2023/11/15/tikt...
YouTube Creators Must Comply With New Rules For AI Content - https://www.searchenginejournal.com/y...
Working From Home Spurs Ad Block Rates to Rise - https://www.adweek.com/media/working-...
Number of websites blocking Google-Extended jump 180% - https://searchengineland.com/websites...
Google Search ranking improvement -
https://searchengineland.com/google-s...
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/g...

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Chapters:
0:00 - Welcome back to the Publisher Lab
0:28 - American’s go to Tik Tok for news
8:40 - YouTube’s new policy on AI content
12:03 - Challenge of enforcing rules on AI content
14:25 - Future of discerning real from fake
18:08 - The ad-blocker dilemma
25:58 - More websites blocking Google Extended
34:11 - Potential dangers of over-reliance on language models
41:17 - Positive impact from Google’s Search Ranking Update
42:49 - The value of unique content
46:10 - Google’s algorithm & user interactions
50:09 - Episode wrap up Hey

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Hosted by Terrence Timmons, John Cole, & Manny Ramos
Produced & Edited Manny Ramos