Google backs publisher model as Apple considers price tag for news
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Apple Siri publisher deals would pay per use, not per year
Alexandra Bruell reported the talks for the Wall Street Journal on 12 August, citing people familiar with the matter. Apple has approached publishers over recent months. The content would give Siri AI access to current news and information, the kind that changes hour by hour. Apple declined to comment to the Journal. It did not […] This story continues at The Next Web
Google backs publisher model as Apple considers price tag for news
Google said it backs the established system for paying news publishers, even as Apple considers a radically different model that would tie payments to how often its AI assistant uses journalism. The search giant considers itself the only major tech platform with a structured approach to paying publishers at scale, City AM understands, with licensing agreements covering more than 5,500 European press publishers. Publishers are also compensated wh…
Apple’s Siri news fix has a big Gen Z problem
The Wall Street Journal says Apple is talking to publishers about multi-year deals. The idea is to let Siri AI use their reporting to answer questions about what’s happening now. Perhaps it will look something like Gemini AI is already doing with Google, but Apple’s budget for this but be even bigger. According to the WSJ report, possibly hundreds of millions, depending on how much of each publisher’s work Siri ends up using.Actually paying publ…
Apple is in discussions with the media to agree to its assistant Siri’s access to news and updated content, as reported by The Wall Street Journal on August 12, 2026. Apple’s proposal to the table is unusual in the sector: instead of a fixed fee for wide access to the file, it offers a pay-per-use model — the media charges when its content is actually used by Siri to answer a question. Apple has spoken of a nine-digit budget (over $100 million) …
Apple is preparing for a major transformation of Siri and seems to want to secure a resource that has become strategic for IA assistants: fresh and reliable information. According to The Wall Street Journal, the group is discussing with several publishers to use their content to enrich the answers of its future Siri, with a remuneration model directly linked to [...] The article Apple wants to pay publishers to feed the new Siri with their news …
Apple looks to give Siri AI news access
According to recent reports Apple is looking into multi-year deals with publishers to give its upgraded Siri AI assistant access to news and real-time information. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported the partnerships are intended to bolster Siri’s real-time accuracy and utility after years of lagging behind rival AI assistants. Rather than paying fixed, upfront licencing fees, which have been the standard approach for similar agreements in th…
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