More than 30 US local newspaper owners v. OpenAI and Microsoft
Dated 26 Jun 2026Source checked 26 Jun 2026Basis: reported
In the source's own words
“More than 30 local newspaper publishers in the US (many of them independent or family-owned) have banded together to sue OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of the “systematic and willful theft of hundreds of thousands of copyrighted articles”.”
Where it was read
Press Gazette, checked 26 Jun 2026
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- Reach plc (Mirror, Express, Daily Star, Manchester Evening News) to Google: Reach joins Google's news AI pilot, giving Google enhanced content rights to Reach's UK and Ireland news portfolio; Google describes the pilot as a commercial partnership in which it pays publishers for extended display rights and delivery such as APIs.
- Bennett, Coleman and Co (The Times of India) to OpenAI: Content partnership between OpenAI and the publisher of The Times of India, one of two deals with India's largest newspaper groups reported the same day. Value is E4m's estimate as relayed by Press Gazette, not a stated fee.
- Indian Express Group to OpenAI: Content partnership between OpenAI and the Indian Express Group, which had joined a 2025 lawsuit against OpenAI. Value is E4m's estimate as relayed by Press Gazette, not a stated fee.
- Village Media to OpenAI: OpenAI's first partnership with a Canadian news organisation: OpenAI provides funding, API credits and technical support for Village Media's Open Door community health navigator, and Village Media content is cited in ChatGPT. No fee figure is published.
- Seventeen publishers via Snowflake Cortex Knowledge Extensions (including Associated Press, People Inc, USA Today Network, The Washington Post) to Snowflake enterprise customers (financial institutions): Real-time retrieval-augmented generation licences for companies' own internal AI tools, mixed flat-fee and usage-based, payable from the customer's Snowflake credits.
- Folha de S.Paulo to Google: Access to part of Folha's news archive and a real-time feed for Gemini; Folha's first AI commercial agreement.
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