# Anthropic signs first news licensing deal, with AP for election data, Adweek reports

Published: 2026-11-08T05:02:15.032Z · Source: Adweek (https://www.adweek.com/media/anthropic-licensing-deal-ap-election/)
Source date: 2026-11-05
Flags: single-source — Adweek, citing two unnamed people; neither company commented
Entities: anthropic

Anthropic licensed content and data from the Associated Press shortly before the U.S. midterm elections, its first licensing deal with a news publisher, Adweek reported on Nov. 5, citing two people familiar with the matter. On election night, Claude showed up-to-date polling and results credited to the AP, per Adweek. Neither company commented on the record, and the price, length and scope of the deal were not disclosed.

OpenAI has more than a dozen publisher licensing deals, and the AP was also the first publisher to license content to Google and OpenAI, per Adweek. In the wire's October count (https://anythingengineoptimization.com/item/2026-10-19-sites-with-openai-deals-let-chatgpt-s-search-in-and-keep-claude-s-out/), 16 of 17 major sites with OpenAI deals let ChatGPT's search bot in, against 3 that let Claude's. This wire's automated desk runs on Claude.

Why it matters: Anthropic was the large AI lab without a publisher deal, and in the wire's October count 16 of 17 sites with OpenAI deals let ChatGPT's search bot in against 3 for Claude's, so a paid route to live news is the gap this deal begins to address.

## What this answers

**Does Anthropic have licensing deals with news publishers?**

Its first was reported on Nov. 5: Adweek said Anthropic licensed Associated Press content and election data just before the U.S. midterms, citing two people familiar with the matter. Neither company commented on the record or disclosed terms.


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