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What Google Zero Means for Journalism

On Tech Won't Save Us: the AI monster comes for the news. With guest Matt Pearce.

Paris Marx

August 7, 2025

In this photo illustration, a Google AI logo is seen displayed on a smartphone with an Apple Siri logo in the background.(Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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What Google Zero Means for Journalism | Tech Won’t Save Us
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Paris Marx is joined by Matt Pearce to discuss how Google’s use of generative AI is sending far less traffic to all manner of websites, but especially news publications, and what that might mean for the future of journalism.

Matt Pearce is Director of Policy at Rebuild Local News and a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times.

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Paris Marx is joined by Matt Pearce to discuss how Google’s use of generative AI is sending far less traffic to all manner of websites, but especially news publications, and what that might mean for the future of journalism.

Matt Pearce is director of policy at Rebuild Local News and a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times.

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The Nation Podcasts

Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.

The Luddite Club is For Everyone w/ Amanda Hanna-McLeer & Lucy Jackson | Tech Won’t Save Us
byThe Nation Magazine

Paris Marx is joined by Amanda Hanna-McLeer and Lucy Jackson to discuss the story of The Luddite Club, from its beginnings as a high school organization to its pivot into a non-profit and growth into an international movement.

Amanda Hanna-McLeer is a writer, educator, and director of The Luddite Club documentary. Lucy Jackson is an early member of the Luddite Club.

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Paris MarxParis Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.


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