Nearly 300 French newspapers, represented under a single industry federation, have filed a formal complaint with France's competition authority targeting Google's AI-generated search summaries, arguing the tool risks driving even more traffic away from news publishers. Google has defended the feature, saying it helps users pose more complex questions, surface new content, and gives publishers tools to manage how their material appears. Separately, Perplexity has confirmed it is preventing ads that Time began embedding within markdown versions of its webpages, content designed to be read by AI agents rather than human visitors, from influencing its search index. Perplexity has blocked all markdown advertising on Time.com from shaping either its AI agents or standard search results since the practice first surfaced, and the company's search and security teams are said to be developing further safeguards. Perplexity's chief communications officer Jesse Dwyer told Digiday the company continuously works to protect users from deceptive practices, cautioning that publishers using tactics like markdown ads risk damaging their standing, including their trust score, within Perplexity's proprietary index. Additionally, Disney+ and Hulu will begin streaming six video podcasts from iHeartMedia under a new licensing agreement, adding to the platforms' existing lineup of 30 podcasts already available to US audiences. Among the titles joining the roster are "Hey Jonas!," hosted by the Jonas Brothers, and "Pod Meets World," featuring cast members from "Boy Meets World," both set to launch on Disney+ later this month,