Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch on AI, the Met Gala & his secret succession plan

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Nilay Patel shares a conversation with Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch about AI, the creator economy, and the future of search traffic.

Hey! Nilay here. It’s conference season, so I’m traveling across the country and around the world a lot more than usual. Stay tuned for some very special Decoder episodes we have coming up soon, starting on Monday. In the meantime, I wanted to share a conversation between my friend Peter Kafka and Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch on the excellent Channels podcast. Lynch says he’s told his teams to assume that traffic will be zero from now on — that’s what I’ve been calling Google Zero. Roger also shares his thoughts on AI, the growing influence of the creator economy, and more. Links: Channels with Peter Kafka | Apple Podcasts Condé Nast CEO: Plan As If Search Traffic Will Be Zero | Search Engine Journal Sundar Pichai on AI, the future of search, and what’s happening to the web | Decoder Google Zero is here — now what? | Decoder Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’ | The Verge Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Decoder is produced by Kate Cox and Nick Statt and edited by Ursa Wright. Our editorial director is Kevin McShane. The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

People in this episode

Host: Nilay Patel

Guest: Roger Lynch

Topics covered

• AI
• Met Gala
• creator economy
• search traffic
• Condé Nast
• media industry

Keywords

• Roger Lynch
• AI
• Condé Nast
• creator economy
• search traffic
• Google Zero
• Channels podcast

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Organizations: Condé Nast, The Verge, Vox Media Podcast Network, Channels, Search Engine Journal, Decoder, Google, Breakmaster Cylinder

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