AI Licensing Coalition SPUR in Huge Expansion

Global media join forces to confront AI challenges

MARSEILLE,France — Around 30 European and North American media outlets on Wednesday joined a coalition launched by Britain's BBC, Sky News and The Guardian, aiming to secure fair payment for news content from artificial intelligence giants.New members of the SPUR Coalition include France's CMA Media, Switzerland's Ringier and Canadian groups including The Globe and Mail and CBC/Radio Canada."The world's leading publishers are determined to open …

AI licensing coalition SPUR in huge expansion

AI news licensing standards coalition SPUR has added almost 20 publisher members in a major international expansion of its work. SPUR (the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights coalition) was announced publicly in February by The Guardian, Financial Times, Telegraph, BBC and Sky News. They were later joined by Belgian-based Mediahuis as another founder member in a signal of their intent that it is not just a UK project. They said they wanted to d…

Newsworks joins the SPUR Coalition

The SPUR Coalition announces a major expansion with 28 new members joining from across the global journalism sector,... The post Newsworks joins the SPUR Coalition  appeared first on Newsworks.