The New York Times Company announced on May 29, 2025, a multi-year licensing agreement with Amazon.com, marking its first licensing deal specifically tied to generative artificial intelligence. Under the agreement, The Times will license its editorial content for use in Amazon's AI products and services.
The deal includes content from across The Times' newsroom, including NYT Cooking and The Athletic. This content will be used for training Amazon's proprietary foundation models and for real-time display of summaries and short excerpts within Amazon products such as Alexa.
The Wall Street Journal later reported that Amazon agreed to pay The New York Times at least $20 million annually as part of this deal. This agreement represents a significant new revenue stream and a strategic move to monetize its intellectual property in the evolving AI landscape, setting a precedent for other publishers.
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