{"id":2969,"date":"2026-07-22T13:48:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:48:35","slug":"reddit-may-block-google-ai-access-as-60-million-deal-nears-expiry-will-rddt-stock-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=2969","title":{"rendered":"Reddit May Block Google AI Access as $60 Million Deal Nears Expiry: Will RDDT Stock Crash?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reddit may block Google’s AI from using its content. Their licensing deal, reportedly worth $60 million per year, is about to expire. Reddit (RDDT) shares fell as much as 5.8% in premarket trading Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2024 deal lets Google use Reddit’s posts to train and power its AI models. Talks over a renewal are ongoing. Neither company has made a final call.<\/p>\n

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Why Publishers Are Rethinking Google AI Deals<\/h2>\n

Reddit is not alone. The Journal also named<\/a> USA Today, Politico, the Economist, People Inc., and Reuters. All are rethinking their ties with Google.<\/p>\n

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Reddit is considering cutting off $GOOGL<\/a>‘s access to its content for AI use as their $60 million-a-year licensing deal nears expiration, the WSJ reports.<\/p>\n

USA Today, Reuters, Politico and other publishers are also reevaluating Google’s crawler as AI summaries reduce referral… pic.twitter.com\/E1phYmBxcL<\/a><\/p>\n

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The anger comes down to one thing. Google’s AI Overviews answer questions right on the search page. Readers get the answer. Publishers lose the click.<\/p>\n

Pew Research Center data shows<\/a> how big the hit is. Users clicked a regular result just 8% of the time when an AI summary appeared. Without one, the rate was 15%. Only 1% clicked a source inside the summary itself.<\/p>\n

Semrush data cited<\/a> in the Journal’s reporting points the same way. USA Today’s Google traffic fell nearly 50% in a year. Politico’s dropped 23%.<\/p>\n

Regulators are stepping in too. On June 3, Britain’s antitrust watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), gave publishers a new right. They can now opt out of Google’s AI features without vanishing from search.<\/p>\n

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“It is crucial that content publishers, including news organizations, have appropriate bargaining power over how their content is used,” CMA Chief Executive Sarah Cardell said in the an<\/a>nouncement<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Similar complaints about Google stealing publisher traffic<\/a> now reach crypto media, where AI answers are already siphoning publisher visits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Will RDDT Stock Crash?<\/h2>\n

A crash looks far from certain. Reddit’s threat may be a bargaining chip, not an exit. Its human conversations are among the most cited sources in AI answers. It also licenses data to OpenAI. That gives it rare pricing power.<\/p>\n

Executives reportedly want usage-based fees that grow as Reddit becomes more central to AI results. A new Reddit Google AI deal could reset prices across the market. AI training data lawsuits<\/a> are already testing what unlicensed content costs.<\/p>\n

Timing adds pressure. Alphabet reports Q2 earnings after Wednesday’s close. Options traders are already pricing outsized earnings moves<\/a> across big tech. Any comment on content costs could move both stocks, as noted in BeInCrypto’s Alphabet Q2 earnings preview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For now, this looks like hardball, not a breakup. The renewal terms, and Alphabet’s comments tonight, should soon show what Reddit’s data is really worth.<\/p>\n

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