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Will KnightWIRED

Featured

February 5, 2026Article

AI Bots Are Now a Significant Source of Web Traffic

Chris MorrisINC.

Featured

February 9, 2026Article

AI Bot Traffic to Websites Is Rising Rapidly. It Could Change the Nature of the Web

Travis ClarkThe Current

Featured

February 5, 2026Article

The battle between news publishers and AI bots is heating up

Christopher AllbrittonThe Media Copilot

Featured

February 5, 2026Article

'The pipes are leaky': New report shows AI scrapers bypassing publisher protections at scale

Karen RøndeDPCMO

March 12, 2026Article

DPCMO Partners with TollBit to Offer Solutions to Support its Members

Sara GuaglioneDigiday

February 9, 2026Article

The Athletic invests in live blogs, video to insulate sports coverage from AI scraping

Jessica Davies, Sara GuaglioneDigiday

February 6, 2026Article

WTF is the IAB's AI Accountability for Publishers Act (and what happens next)?

Craig HaleYahoo! Tech

February 6, 2026Article

AI bot web traffic is closing in on human usage, experts warn

Sara Guaglione, Jessica DaviesDigiday

February 5, 2026Article

Media Briefing: A solid Q4 gives publishers breathing room as they build revenue beyond search

The Tech BuzzTechBuzz

February 5, 2026Article

AI Bots Now Drive 2% of Web Traffic as Publishers Fight Back

Craig HaleTechRadar

February 5, 2026Article

AI bot web traffic is closing in on human usage, experts warn

PR Newswire

December 22, 2025Article

TNL Mediagene Announces Early Success in AI Content Licensing Revenue Model via TollBit Marketplace Integration and Strategic Partnership

Brier DudleySeattle Times

December 21, 2025Article

A challenging year but signs of progress for local news in 2026

Thomas ClaburnThe Register

December 8, 2025Article

Publishers say no to AI scrapers, block bots at server level

Sara GuaglioneDigiday

November 20, 2025Article

Inside The Atlantic's AI bot blocking strategy

Jessica DaviesDigiday

November 11, 2025Article

When bots look like buyers: agentic traffic causing new publisher headaches

Jessica DaviesDigiday

November 3, 2025Article

Ranking is out, visibility is in as publishers chip away at AI search optimization

Sharon FisherVKTR

October 31, 2025Article

The Internet Is Being Overrun by AI Bots — And Websites Are Paying the Price

Aisvarya Chandrasekar and Klaudia JaźwińskaColumbia Journalism Review

October 30, 2025Article

How AI Browsers Sneak Past Blockers and Paywalls

Bob SillickEditor & Publisher

October 28, 2025Article

Revenue roundup: Can AI marketplaces save publishing's future?

Shira OvideThe Washington Post

October 24, 2025Article

The Fight Between AI Companies and the Companies that Hate Them

TechBlitz

October 15, 2025Article

AI search engines are driving down media advertising revenues, and TollBit is fighting the "age when AI reads articles instead of humans"

Nele WegnerYahoo Finance

October 7, 2025Article

Fewer and Fewer People Are Surfing the Web–but Who Still Is?

Massimo BarsottiINMA

October 6, 2025Article

News companies are doubling down to fight against AI Web scrapers

Business Wire

September 29, 2025Article

VerticalScope Taps TollBit to Unlock AI License Revenue and Protect Community Content

Pete PachalThe Media Copilot

September 23, 2025Article

Publishers want to charge bots. First, they have to find them

Chris BrooklierThe Current

September 18, 2025Article

From threat to revenue stream: Publishers test new models for the AI era

Pete PachalFast Company

September 17, 2025Article

AI scraping is inevitable. Can publishers turn it into revenue?

Sara GuaglioneDigiday

September 17, 2025Article

WTF is headless browsing, and how are AI agents fueling it?

EIN Presswire

September 16, 2025Article

Nota News Launches with Microsoft and TollBit to Restore Local Journalism and Expand Civic Access

Stephanie BradfordA Media Operator

September 16, 2025Article

All That Bot Traffic is Jacking Your Hosting Costs

Jessica DaviesDigiday

September 15, 2025Article

Publishers and advertisers face new AI agent oversight hurdles

David ButtlePress Gazette

September 15, 2025Article

AI bots appear to be replacing human traffic on publisher websites

Sara FischerAxios

September 6, 2025Article

AI marketplaces multiply to scale publisher deals

Rand FishkinZero Clicks

September 4, 2025Article

Zero Clicks #35: The Gateway to the Agentic Internet

Jason CalacanisThis Week in Startups

August 20, 2025Video

This Week in Startups

Sam Buckingham-JonesAustralian Financial Review

August 6, 2025Article

AI firms crawling Nine Entertainment's news sites 10 times a second

Sara GuaglioneDigiday

August 5, 2025Article

WTF is Model Context Protocol (MCP) and why should publishers care?

Yahoo Finance

July 29, 2025Article

DataDome Brings Real-Time Control & Monetization Of AI Agents in New Partnership with TollBit at Black Hat USA 2025

The Economist

July 14, 2025Article

AI is killing the web. Can anything save it?

Sara GuaglioneDigiday

July 2, 2025Article

Here are the biggest misconceptions about AI content scraping

Shira OvideThe Washington Post

July 1, 2025Article

How AI bots are threatening your favorite websites

Pete PachalFast Company

June 23, 2025Article

The internet of agents is rising fast, and publishers are nowhere near ready

Fred VogelsteinCrazy Stupid Tech

June 22, 2025Article

Why the AI revolution needs tollbooths

Brad SmithYahoo Finance

June 20, 2025Video

How this startup is helping publishers profit from AI scraping

Nitasha TikuThe Washington Post

June 11, 2025Article

'This is coming for everyone': A new kind of AI bot takes over the web

Kari McMahonA Media Operator

May 14, 2025Article

Publishers Tackle AI Scraping—It's Not Going Well

Jack M. GermainE-Commerce Times

April 10, 2025Article

Ethical AI Access Gives E-Commerce Sites a Revenue Advantage

Oliver DarcyStatus

March 16, 2025Article

Billing the Bots

Trishla OstwalAdweek

March 12, 2025Article

TollBit’s New Tool Helps Publishers Save Money From AI Bots Scraping Their Content

Kevin Roose and Casey NewtonNY Times

March 7, 2025Podcast

Is Google Search Cooked? + Were Getting a U.S. Crypto Reserve? + What You're Vibecoding

VentureFizz

March 3, 2025Podcast

The VentureFizz Podcast: Toshit Panigrahi & Olivia Joslin, Co-Founders of TollBit

Rashi Shrivastava, Richard NievaForbes

March 3, 2025Article

New Data Shows Just How Badly AI Companies are Screwing over Publishers

Noor Al-SibaiFuturism

March 3, 2025Article

Chatbots Are Hurting Publishers Even Worse Than We Thought

Yahoo Finance

January 7, 2025Article

TollBit Partners with HUMAN for Advanced Bot Blocking to Protect Sites Against Scraping

Forbes 30 under 30Forbes

December 3, 2024Article

TollBit Founders Olivia Joslin and Toshit Panigrahi Make Forbes 30 Under 30

Yahoo Finance

November 5, 2024Article

You.com and TollBit Launch First AI Election Agent with Real-Time Results

Sara FischerAxios

October 22, 2024Article

AI startup TollBit raises $24M series A

Michael Mignano and Faraz FatemiLightspeed Venture Partners

October 22, 2024Article

Investing in TollBit: The Internet’s AI Toll Booth

Remy BlaireFintech TV

September 4, 2024Video

New economics with AI and content licensing with TollBit

Jason Calacanis and Alex WilhelmThis Week in Startups

August 5, 2024Podcast

TollBit makes the TWiST 500 | E1989

Pete PachalThe Media Copilot

July 19, 2024Podcast

How to Get AI Companies to Pay for Content, With TollBit Founders Olivia Joslin and Toshit Panigrahi

Pete PachalThe Media Copilot

June 21, 2024Article

The Unstoppable Rise of AI Summaries

Kali HaysBusiness Insider

June 21, 2024Article

OpenAI and Anthropic are ignoring an established rule that prevents bots scraping online content

Stephanie PalazzoloThe Information

June 17, 2024Article

The Multi-Billion-Dollar Industry You've Never Heard Of And The Startups Working To Take It Down

Richard Greenfield and Brandon RossLightShed Partners

June 14, 2024Podcast

LightShed Podcast Episode 214

Anya SchiffrinTechPolicy.Press

May 31, 2024Article

World Association of Newspapers 2024 Meeting Discusses AI Deals: To Sign or To Sue?

Anya SchiffrinPoynter

May 15, 2024Article

‘A small window of opportunity’ as publishers grapple with growing AI use

Trishla OstwalAdweek

May 15, 2024Article

Google Rolls Out SGE: Here’s How Publishers Are Responding

Anya Schiffrin and Haaris MateenTechPolicy.Press

May 14, 2024Article

Startup Aims To Help Publishers Collect Fees from AI Companies

Sara FischerAxios

May 3, 2024Article

News industry divides over AI

Zoë Schiffer, Casey NewtonPlatformer

April 30, 2024Article

Publishers gamble over AI licensing deals

Trishla OstwalAdweek

April 17, 2024Article

12 Hot AI Startups That Brands Are Working With

PR Newswire

April 9, 2024Article

Media Veteran Campbell Brown Joins TollBit as Senior Advisor

Sara FischerAxios

April 9, 2024Article

Exclusive: Ex-Meta news executive Campbell Brown joins AI startup

VentureFizz

April 8, 2024Video

Ben Lerer on Investing in Tollbit

Brian MorrisseyThe Rebooting

March 7, 2024Article

The change agenda

Dan PrimackAxios

March 5, 2024Article

TollBit raises $7 million to solve the AI vs. publisher conflict

PR Newswire

March 5, 2024Article

Leading Media and Tech Investors Bet on “Tollbit” - the First Platform To Tackle the New Economics of Content in the AI Era

Lerer Hippeau

March 5, 2024Article

Please welcome TollBit, the platform helping websites protect and monetize their content against AI web scraping