Archive · 30 May 2025
New York Times Licenses Content to Amazon for AI Use
The New York Times is letting Amazon use its news articles and other content for its AI products.
This means Amazon can create summaries and show excerpts from the Times on things like Alexa.
The Times is also using the deal to train Amazon's AI models.
The Times had spent $4.4 million on a copyright lawsuit in the first quarter of 2025 against Microsoft and OpenAI.
The deal allows Amazon to access news articles and content from NYT Cooking and The Athletic.
The New York Times agreed to license its editorial content to Amazon for its AI products.
The deal marks the publisher's first licensing agreement for generative AI.
Amazon will access news articles and content from NYT Cooking and The Athletic.
The agreement includes real-time display of summaries and excerpts within Amazon products, like Alexa.
NYT recorded $4.4 million in litigation costs in Q1 2025.
- Who
- The New York Times and Amazon.com.
- What
- The New York Times licensed its content to Amazon for use in AI products.
- When
- The deal was announced May 30, 2025.
- Where
- N/A
- Why
- To use the content in AI products, like summaries and excerpts, and to train AI models.
- Company
- New York Times
- Partner
- Amazon.com
- Agreement Duration
- Multi-year
- Purpose
- AI Products
- Published Date
- May 30, 2025
- Product Example
- Alexa
- Pretax Litigation Costs
- $4.4 million