Licensing2025-12-05confirmed
Meta Platforms, Inc. × USA TODAY Co., Inc.
Meta announced a partnership with USA TODAY Co., Inc. to license content from its network for the Meta AI assistant. [34, 43] The deal enables Meta AI to use and link to USA TODAY's content when answering news-related questions. [43] The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Price paid
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Not disclosed
Losing bid
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Per unit
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no meaningful ratio
The asset
Licensing agreement for real-time news content from USA TODAY and the USA TODAY Network to be used in responses by the Meta AI assistant.
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- News publishing
- Modalities
- text
- Jurisdiction
- US
What it means if you hold data
This deal with a major national newspaper network shows that AI content licensing is becoming a key strategy for publishers of all types to monetize their archives and daily reporting in the age of generative AI.