Food Blogger Sues Big Tech Giants for Traffic Woes: A Look at the OpenAI-Microsoft Lawsuit against MediaNews Group

With Google AI search expanding its reach, websites prepare for the impact

Several of MediaNews Group’s newspapers have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, rather than MediaNews Group itself. Kimber Matherne, a successful food blogger, receives millions of monthly visitors to her blog, Easy Family Recipes, who are looking for quick dinner ideas. However, Matherne is concerned about decisions made by Google, located far from her home in Florida, that are impacting her business. Approximately 40 percent of the traffic to her blog is generated by the search engine, which has long been a key source of internet traffic, directing users to a multitude of websites every day.

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