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The Publisher Center Sunset: Navigating Google News in the Dark

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https://brianwinum.com/the-publisher-center-sunset-navigating-google-news-in-the-dark/

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Brian Winum

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Brian Winum

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Submission signature

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Verified

Manifest digest

The retained manifest bytes match the SHA-256 digest in the signed submission.

Verified

Publisher site control

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Verified at enrollment

Native ContentLedger evidence

The record-scoped Bundle v3 passed the current portable verifier. Manifest bytes and source attribution match this certificate. Signing authorization remains a separate limitation.

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Native record signature

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Manifest bytes · SHA-256

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Submission bytes · SHA-256

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    "Internet Archive status and later evidence artifacts are maintained separately so this immutable manifest is never rewritten."
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    "dateModified": "2026-07-28T20:32:18+00:00",
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    "description": "Google killed manual submissions to Publisher Center, and the panic headlines followed. Having watched clients get approved in days and others wait months with no explanation, I'm not mourning it. Here's what actually changes and what doesn't.",
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}

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