--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "ccb6e04b2128704959ea70a8d7543ff3348f55a7b9db2772573e1c12c6bb9dc7" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/ccb6e04b?lang=en" title: "New York Times and Economist Join 80 Publisher Group to End Unpaid AI Use" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-13T04:09:21.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["regulation"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/ai/new-york-times-and-economist-join-80-publisher-group-to-end-unpaid-ai-us-0926d4fc","https://x.com/Reuters/status/2109823993301590467","https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2109791474447790377","https://huggingnews.com/ai/new-york-times-and-economist-join-80-publisher-group-to-end-unpaid-ai-us-0926d4fc"] summary: "The New York Times, The Economist, and Agence France-Presse have joined a collective of more than 80 publishers to demand licensing fees from technology firms training generative AI models. The alliance aims to block AI companies from scraping archives without permission and seeks to establish a standardized framework for financial compensation. This coordinated effort focuses on protecting proprietary news data and copyrighted material." --- # New York Times and Economist Join 80 Publisher Group to End Unpaid AI Use > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-13T04:09:21.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** regulation ## Summary The New York Times, The Economist, and Agence France\-Presse have joined a collective of more than 80 publishers to demand licensing fees from technology firms training generative AI models\. The alliance aims to block AI companies from scraping archives without permission and seeks to establish a standardized framework for financial compensation\. This coordinated effort focuses on protecting proprietary news data and copyrighted material\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]()