Licensing2024-07-30confirmed

Perplexity AI × TIME

Perplexity launched its 'Publishers Program' with TIME as a charter partner. Unlike flat-fee deals, this arrangement involves sharing advertising revenue with publishers when their content is used to answer user queries.

Price paid
Not disclosed
Losing bid
Per unit
no meaningful ratio

The asset

Content licensing for use in AI-generated search answers with a revenue-sharing model.

The record

Seller status
Going concern
Sector
news publishing
Modalities
text
Jurisdiction
US

What it means if you hold data

This deal introduces a new 'revenue-share' modality for data licensing, contrasting with the lump-sum payments favored by OpenAI and Google.

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