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This week’s Media Briefing recaps what publishers had to say about the impact of search referral traffic declines on their businesses, during the Digiday Publishing Summit’s closed-door town hall sessions. Summit after summit, this continues to be the most pressing issue publishing execs say they are facing. But this time, they also focused on how that was lending more urgency to their direct reader revenue businesses like subscriptions and memberships.

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Overheard at DPS

At the Digiday Publishing Summit in Vail, Colo., this week, publishing execs couldn’t help but lament about search traffic declines, and how this was leading them to try to find new ways to connect with readers and make money.

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Reddit is leaning further into shopping at a moment when beauty discovery is being reshaped by how consumers search, ask and validate information online.

At Shoptalk 2026, the company introduced new tools tied to its Dynamic Product Ads business, including Collection Ads that combine lifestyle imagery with shoppable product tiles, as well as Reddit-specific overlays that highlight signals like “Redditors’ Top Pick” or surface discounts. The update follows a sharp rise in commercial activity on the platform: Reddit reported a 40% year-over-year increase in high-intent shopping conversations, while 84% of users say they feel more confident in purchases after researching there.

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