Reach plc and OpenAI: legal or policy, news content (Reach's UK and Ireland titles)
CEO Piers North says Reach has sent OpenAI 'the next stage in the legal process' and that OpenAI is one of the parties it needs to bring to the table. Digiday reports the publisher has seen well over 100 million successful scrapes of its content across its portfolio in six months (per Reach). Reach says it is in talks with Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft; its Google deal is time-limited.
Dated 16 Oct 2026Source checked 16 Oct 2026Basis: stated
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“says it has sent OpenAI a cease-and-desist letter as it steps up pressure on AI firms using its content without a deal”
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Digiday, checked 16 Oct 2026
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