Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour on AI, press freedom, and the future of news

Almar Latour is the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and also CEO of its parent company, Dow Jones — itself a part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Almar's been with the paper since the 90s, and now he's got insight into all the modern messes. He's made a big deal with OpenAI, while also suing Perplexity — all while building his own AI data products for Dow Jones customers.

He's also a strong defender of press freedom who fought to have Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich released from Russia after being imprisoned for more than a year — while News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch famously has deep ties to Trump and has overseen a vastly polarized and politicized era of news media.

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Here are the WSJ journalists whose jobs were eliminated | Talking Biz News

OpenAI, WSJ parent strike content deal valued at over $250M | Wall Street Journal

News Corp sues Perplexity for ripping off WSJ, New York Post | The Verge

Dow Jones negotiates AI usage rights with 4,000 publishers | Nieman Lab

Rupert Murdoch joins Trump in Oval Office | The Hollywood Reporter

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich is free | Wall Street Journal

Trump sues Iowa newspaper and top pollster | Reuters

The FCC is a weapon in Trump’s war on free speech | The Verge

CBS considers caving on Trump lawsuit to save Skydance merger | The Verge

Why The Atlantic signed a deal with OpenAI | Decoder

Transcript: https://www.theverge.com/e/626229

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