CNN and Google sign multiyear AI content licensing deal
CNN will be paid for use of its journalism in Google's generative AI products, but financial terms remain undisclosed.
What to know
- CNN will be paid for Google's expanded use of its journalism in generative AI features, but financial terms, specific products, and AI-training rights remain undisclosed.
- The deal follows Google's December 2025 News AI pilot with publishers like The Washington Post, The Guardian and Der Spiegel, and Google's broader push of 3,000+ publisher partnerships.
- It comes amid a 34% year-over-year drop in Google Search pageviews to publishers and ongoing legal challenges, including Penske Media's lawsuit over AI use of news content, dismissed without prejudice on Oct. 1.
Sam Felix CNN SVP, Strategic Partnerships and Business DevelopmentCNN News network, deal partnerGoogle Technology company, deal partnerMaxwell Tani Reporter who obtained internal CNN staff email
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Internal CNN memo details AI search attribution
An email to CNN staff described by a reporter said CNN's articles will help inform AI-generated responses to news-related searches across Google's products, with attribution to CNN's original reporting.
“CNN's articles will “help inform AI-generated responses to news-related searches across Google's products, with attribution to our original reporting.””
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Email to CNN staff on the company's new AI deal, which notes that CNN's articles will “help inform AI-generated responses to news-related searches across Google's products, with attribution to our original reporting.”
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CNN announces multiyear AI partnership with Google
CNN said it reached a multiyear agreement giving Google additional rights to CNN content for experimental AI features, with CNN compensated for use of its journalism; financial terms, specific products, and whether AI training rights are included were not disclosed.
“With this partnership we’re unlocking new pathways for audiences to access CNN’s unparalleled journalism while being compensated for the delivery and use of our unique intellectual property in connection with AI products…”
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