{"id":16790,"date":"2025-06-24T10:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/?p=16790"},"modified":"2025-06-24T10:13:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:13:47","slug":"nma-responds-to-cma-announcement-proposing-sms-designation-for-google-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/06\/24\/nma-responds-to-cma-announcement-proposing-sms-designation-for-google-search\/","title":{"rendered":"NMA Responds To CMA Announcement Proposing SMS Designation For Google Search"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Responding to the Competition and Markets Authority <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/cma-takes-first-steps-to-improve-competition-in-search-services-in-the-uk\">announcement<\/a> today that the regulator is proposing to designate Google with strategic market status in general search and search advertising, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: <em>\u201cWe are pleased that the Competition and Markets Authority is proposing to designate Google search as having strategic market status and, in particular, the regulator\u2019s clear acknowledgment of the difficulties publishers are facing in controlling how their content is used in AI overviews.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cDecisive and robust action from the CMA to tackle the abusive dominance of the tech platforms cannot come soon enough. 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