Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, mentioned in Might that internet publishing is just not dying. Nick Fox, VP of Search at Google, mentioned in Might that the internet is flourishing. However in a court docket doc filed by Google on late Friday, Google’s legal professionals wrote, “The actual fact is that as we speak, the open internet is already in speedy decline.”
This doc might be discovered over right here (PDF) and on the highest of web page 5, it says:
The actual fact is that as we speak, the open internet is already in speedy decline and Plaintiffs’ divestiture proposal would solely speed up that decline, harming publishers who at present depend on open-web show promoting income.
Here’s a screenshot:
I noticed this by way of Jason Kint who posted about it on X about this:
Extra right here on their submitting. https://t.co/jnayHoFGng
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) September 6, 2025
This assertion appears to contradict what Google’s prime executives mentioned simply months in the past and agrees with what the open internet group has been saying for a number of months now.
In fact, some might learn into this assertion in another way.
Discussion board dialogue at X.
Glad that is being coated as it will recommend both Google executives have been mendacity to the general public and traders for months or to a Courtroom. It’s necessary context, Barry, to notice that is of their precise arguments why they shouldn’t should divest their adjudicated monopolies. https://t.co/JZVsKiosPa
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) September 8, 2025
Replace: Dan Taylor, Vice President, International Adverts at Google, responded on X:
Barry – within the previous sentence, it’s clear that Google’s referring to ‘open-web show promoting’ – not the open internet as an entire. As you already know, advert budgets observe the place customers spend time and entrepreneurs see outcomes, more and more in locations like Related TV, Retail Media & extra.
— Dan Taylor (@edantaylor) September 8, 2025
I actually do not suppose it makes any distinction in any respect.
