Taylor & Francis's parent Informa agreed a content licensing deal with Microsoft for AI training access to academic content — reported at $10 million initial value, one of the first major publisher-AI licensing deals and the reference point for those that followed.
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Deal announced in Informa's 8 May 2024 market update: $10M initial access fee plus recurring payments through 2027; non-exclusive access to "Advanced Learning Content" across nearly 3,000 T&F journals, including exploring specialised expert agents.
Author-consent controversy: authors were not notified, could not opt out, and receive no payment — Inside Higher Ed ("worrying precedent"): https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2024/07/29/taylor-francis-ai-deal-sets-worrying-precedent and The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/an-academic-publisher-has-struck-an-ai-data-deal-with-microsoft-without-their-authors-knowledge-235203
Surfaced from the 'Major Publisher-AI Partnerships' conference slide in Helen's screenshot archive (Jul 2025).
Publisher / company: Taylor & Francis / Informa
Date of mention: 23/07/2025
Source: https://www.informa.com/globalassets/documents/investor-relations/2024/informa-plc—market-update.pdf