Media Briefing: Overheard at the Digiday Publishing Summit, September 2025 Google search edition

This week’s Media Briefing recaps what publishers had to say about Google’s changes to its search experience and results page — and its impact on their referral traffic and their relationship with the tech giant — during the Digiday Publishing Summit’s closed-door town hall sessions.

• Overheard at DPS
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Earlier this year, media executives got together at the Digiday Publishing Summit (DPS) in March to voice their frustration with declining referral traffic. It seems not much has changed since then.

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