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Aug 6, 2026

News Corp CEO Threatens More AI Lawsuits, Blasts Companies for Content Theft Amid Subscriber Decline

News Corporation CEO Robert Thomson launched aggressive criticism of AI companies during the company's fiscal Q4 2026 earnings call, threatening additional lawsuits against firms like Perplexity and Brave for allegedly scraping content without permission. The attacks came as News Corp reported declining digital subscriptions in Australia.

Aug 6, 2026·7 sources
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  • ▪News Corp CEO Robert Thomson described unlicensed AI text generators and search engines as crass kleptomaniacs whose outputs would leave users drowning in a slimy sea of AI slop.
  • ▪News Corp CEO Robert Thomson accused browser developer Brave of using masked web crawlers to ingest copyrighted articles and repackage them for business customers.
  • ▪Digital subscriptions at News Corp Australia fell slightly from 1,166,000 to 1,162,000 during the fiscal year, reversing years of steady digital growth.

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