AI Optimism in Cannes
Update: 2025-06-20
Description
We take a mostly optimistic view of publishing in the AI era, even if Neil allows that search traffic will inexorably trend to zero. Plus: A path to publisher leverage against AI companies.
* Troy Young's People vs Algorithms newsletter
* Brian Morrissey's The Rebooting newsletter
* Alex Schleifer's Human Computer
* Follow Alex, Brian and Troy on Twitter
Chapters:
* 00:00 PvA Live @ Cannes
* 01:00 Welcome to PvA @ Cannes
* 02:16 Sustainable Media Ecosystem Of The Future
* 08:54 Changes in Advertising
* 18:11 Google's Reaction
* 22:01 AI Media Deals
* 35:38 Consolidation of Publishers
* 40:09 Q&A
* 44:36 Outro
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