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Reported academic publisher AI licensing incomeInforma and Wiley disclosures (2024)
Microsoft paid Taylor & Francis about $10m: academic publishers and AI
Taylor & Francis's parent company disclosed around $10m from an AI licensing deal with Microsoft, while Wiley reported $44m from AI content licensing.
Why curated archives sell
- Clear rights from author agreements.
- High-quality, edited text.
- Rich metadata: subjects, authors, dates.
The parallel for companies
Your SOPs and documents are curated knowledge too. Version history and clear authorship make them far more licensable.
Key takeaways
- Curation and rights clarity earn premiums.
- Early movers set the prices.
- Documents with history are underrated.
Sources
- Informa plc trading update (2024); John Wiley & Sons disclosures (2024)
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