That Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism Investigation

Earlier this month, Futurism published an exposé about Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and transforms them into AI-powered content mills with issues of plagiarism, misinformation, and fake author credentials. The company's traffic primarily came from Google, which seemed to exploit Google's platforms with its AI articles, often dominating Google News results.

After Futurism's investigation, Brown Brothers Media's sites seemed to experience heavy suppression on Google, with the company abruptly stopping publication altogether. Nearly all of Brown Brothers Media's portfolio now appears suppressed in Google search results, with only a handful of sites remaining visible. The company's corporate homepage still claims to publish content across various topics, but the truth is that Brown Brothers Media's publications have effectively halted publishing following the investigation.