Media Briefing: Perplexity’s new ‘trust and transparency’ pitch does little to win over publishers

This week’s Media Briefing dives into Perplexity’s uphill battle to rebuild publisher trust while fending off a growing list of copyright lawsuits.

  • Perplexity’s latest “trust” pitch to publishers
  • U.K. publishers can opt out of appearing in Google’s AI Overviews, YouTube exec teases publisher paywall integration, and more.

Perplexity’s latest ‘trust’ pitch to publishers

The words “trust” and “trustworthiness” came up at least a dozen times during a presentation by Perplexity’s head of publisher partnerships, Jessica Chan, at an IAB Tech Lab event last Thursday.

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Target has alienated Black-owned brands, founders say, as some startups vanish from its shelves

This story was first published on Digiday sibling Modern Retail.

In 2022, April Showers finally got her big retail break as her brand, Afro Unicorn, entered Target and Walmart.

Afro Unicorn is a licensed-character brand designed for women of color that sells hair-care products, books, apparel and more. For Showers, as a Black entrepreneur aiming to normalize Black beauty, getting into mainstream retail was a critical milestone.

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