Will AI Agents Pay for News and Media Content Soon?

  • Will AI agents pay for news?
  • BeInCrypto CEO Alena Afanaseva put that question to the media industry as publishers watch search traffic shrink.
  • Google Search referrals to more than 2,500 news sites fell 33% between November 2024 and November 2025, according to Chartbeat data cited by the Reuters Institute .