News Corp is essentially an AI ‘input company’, chief executive says, after US$150m deal with Meta
News Corp’s global chief executive has described news organisations as a valuable “input” for artificial intelligence, as the media empire signs an AI content licensing deal with Meta worth up to US$50m (A$71m) a year. In an upbeat presentation, the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s company, Robert Thomson, said the “reliable” breaking news and information in publications like the Australian, the Times of London and Dow Jones was “hard to beat” as an “input” for AI. The Meta deal, which was revealed by the Mur…
News Corp licensed its US and UK news content to Meta for AI training in a deal worth up to $50m per year for at least three years, positioning its journalism as a paid input for AI systems.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-03-04
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