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September 18, 2025updated 15 Jan 2026 2:21pm

Why The Economist isn’t doing deals with OpenAI

By Press Gazette

Unlike many publishers, The Economist has chosen not to do any licensing deals with the likes of OpenAI – but isn’t looking to sue them either.

The Economist’s president Luke Bradley-Jones appeared at Press Gazette’s Future of Media Technology Conference in London and explained how the brand is adapting for a “post-search world”, including by launching one of its newsletters on Substack.

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