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David Pierce predicts the New York Times will stop allowing Google to index its content, joining other publishers who have already done so.

Reported on The Vergecast · The Vergecast · Jul 24, 2026

I'm gonna bet you the New York Times will end up on this list sooner rather than later.

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The New York Times publicly announces it will no longer allow Google to index its content or removes its robots.txt allowance for Google crawlers.

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