Tags: News Partnerships

Meta announced a series of new agreements with international publishers, adding France's Le Figaro, Spain's Prisa and Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung to its AI‑driven news ecosystem alongside existing partner News Corp. The deals are intended to give Meta's AI assistant better access to timely, accurate information about world events and will include links that direct users to the original articles. Meta’s history with publishers has been mixed, with earlier initiatives paying for live video and instant articles before shifting focus away from news. Facing stiff competition from other AI platforms, the company hopes the new partnerships will improve its ability to answer factual queries, though the impact on publisher traffic remains uncertain. Lire la suite

Meta announced commercial data agreements with a slate of news publishers to feed real‑time global, entertainment and breaking‑news content into its Meta AI chatbot. When users ask news‑related questions, the bot will surface information and links drawn from partners such as CNN, Fox News, Fox Sports, Le Monde Group, People Inc., The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner and USA Today. The move restores compensation to publishers and aims to make Meta AI more responsive, accurate and balanced, while expanding the chatbot’s reach across Meta’s apps and the standalone Meta AI app. Lire la suite