Why Rolling Stone Owner Penske Media Just Declared War On Google
Penske Media CEO Jay Penske speaks at the 2024 Forbes Iconoclast Summit at Cipriani Wall Street on June 20, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe simmering tension between media companies and Google over the search giant’s use of those companies’ journalism in its AI products has just spilled over into a new courtroom battle. Penske Media — the family-owned company behind outlets like Rolling Stone, Variety, and Billboard — just became the first major U.S. news publis ...