{
  "id": 7311783,
  "title": "Ziff Davis CEO: if OpenAI can find $750 billion for data centers, it can find money for publishers, too",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/ziff-davis-ceo-if-openai-can-find-750-billion-for-data-centers-it-can",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-14T11:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/09/14/ziff-davis-openai-lawsuit-ceo-vivek-shah/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a recent statement, the Justice Department expressed concern that licensing agreements would make it more challenging for the AI industry to develop robust technologies. However, Ziff Davis CEO argues that there are already numerous examples of successful licensing frameworks in the media industry, and that the difficulties are mostly about costs, not legal obligations. The government also mentioned that companies based in foreign adversary countries would not be \"encumbered\" by licensing requirements, but Ziff Davis questions whether the nation should sacrifice intellectual property protections merely because of geopolitical considerations. The CEO emphasizes that the real barrier to entry for LLM companies is capital, citing OpenAI's projected $750 billion expenditure on compute by 2030. He also points out that royalties and licensing payments in the U.S. music industry are relatively modest, suggesting that a comparable fee structure for news publishers would be financially insignificant for LLM companies but would be significant for smaller content producers.",
  "summary": "The DOJ says requiring AI companies to license publishers’ work could hinder competition. But licensing is already practical.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}