WSJ parent strikes content deal with OpenAI

News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, announced Wednesday a multi-year agreement to bring news content to OpenAI.

OpenAI has permission to display content from News Corp publications in response to user questions and to enhance its products.

In addition to providing content, News Corp. will share journalistic expertise to help ensure the highest journalism standards are present across OpenAI’s offering.

“We believe an historic agreement will set new standards for veracity, for virtue and for value in the digital age,” said News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson in a statement.

A Journal story says the deal could be worth “more than $250 million over five years, including compensation in the form of cash and credits for use of OpenAI technology.”

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.