NiemanLab: “…Last month, Factiva announced it had signed generative AI usage agreements with nearly 4,000 publishers around the world. The agreements are for the business intelligence platform and news database, which houses articles by online outlets, newspapers, magazines, and transcripts of radio shows. Among the thousands of publishers who signed the agreements are The Associated Press, The Washington Post, and the Swiss outlet AWP Finanznachrichten. Dow Jones’ news brands, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch, have also signed on. “We quite literally went to and are continuing to speak to every single publisher that is within Factiva,” said Traci Mabrey, the general manager of Factiva. “We add the gen AI rights in new agreements and add agreements to what publishers already have signed on to.” The announcement coincided with the launch of a new search feature on Factiva that offers up short AI-generated summaries in response to search results, along the lines of Google’s AI Overviews or Perplexity’s own AI search engine. Factiva’s search results include direct links to the original articles cited, and publishers who have signed on will be compensated when their stories surface. The work of licensors who have not signed AI agreements will not surface in the summaries. Factiva isn’t built for the average search user or news reader. The subscription platform targets professionals in finance, academia, government, and business. The AI search and summary tool will be used by teams conducting due diligence research or analysts drafting reports. Still, the sheer number of contracts negotiated by Dow Jones, and the number of publishers who have agreed to them, stands out.”