The move is part of News Corp.’s partnership with OpenAI and highlights the growing tension between publishers and tech firms over fair compensation and copyright issues. Dow Jones has also focused on local publishers in its new licensing agreements, covering nearly 1,500 regional titles across various cities and languages. The company has established a “royalty ecosystem” where publishers are paid each time their content is used, although the specifics of the payment program were not disclosed.
Key takeaways:
- Dow Jones is integrating generative AI summaries into Factiva, its research and news database tool, to provide tailored search responses and recommend follow-up questions for further searches.
- Factiva has licensing deals with over 4,000 global news outlets and claims to have 1 million registered users across 32 languages and 200 countries.
- The new licensing agreements focus on local publishers, representing nearly 1,500 regional titles across various cities and languages.
- Dow Jones has established a 'royalty ecosystem' where every time an article is surfaced in an answer, a portion of the content used triggers a payment to the publisher, although details on the payment program were not disclosed.