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Amazon executive trading cash for New York Times newspapers at a negotiation table, with Alexa headset and faint courtroom in background.

Amazon pays New York Times $20M+ to train Alexa with journalism

Ecommerce North America August 1, 2025

Amazon’s first AI licensing deal is with The New York Times—and it costs them...

Newspaper executive hands editorial content to a humanoid Amazon AI figure while hiding a lawsuit folder behind their back, Alexa device between them.

New York Times licenses content to Amazon AI — but don’t call it a win for journalism

Ecommerce North America May 30, 2025

The paper that sued OpenAI just handed Amazon the same tools — for a...