Dow Jones Factiva Surpasses 8,000 Licensed Sources for GenAI Use

Key Terms

genai technical

Generative AI (genai) is a type of artificial intelligence designed to create new content, such as text, images, or music, that resembles human-produced work. It matters to investors because it has the potential to transform industries by automating tasks, enhancing creativity, and enabling new products and services, which can influence company performance and market opportunities.

ai marketplace technical

An AI marketplace is an online platform where creators sell or license artificial-intelligence tools, models, and datasets and buyers discover, test, and pay for them—think of it as an app store for AI. It matters to investors because such platforms can scale fast, generate recurring fees or transaction income, and grow more valuable as more users and sellers join, while also concentrating risks around data privacy, quality control and regulatory oversight.

copyright-compliant regulatory

Copyright-compliant means using written, visual, audio, or other creative works in a way that follows copyright laws and any licensing or permission rules—either by owning the rights, having a license, or using material allowed by law. For investors it matters because failing to be compliant can lead to costly lawsuits, fines, forced removal of content, or reputational damage that can hurt revenue and shareholder value; think of it like obeying traffic laws to avoid tickets and accidents.

conversational ai technical

Conversational AI is technology that allows computers to understand, process, and respond to human language in a way that feels natural and interactive, similar to chatting with a person. It enables machines to hold conversations, answer questions, and assist with tasks automatically. For investors, it matters because this technology can improve customer service, streamline operations, and create new opportunities across many industries.

apis technical

APIs are sets of rules that let different software systems talk to each other, like standardized doorways that let apps, data services and websites exchange information without needing to be rebuilt each time. For investors, APIs matter because they speed product development, enable digital partnerships and data feeds, create new revenue or cost savings, and introduce operational or security dependencies that can affect growth and risk.

data provenance technical

The record of where a piece of data came from, how it was created or changed, and who handled it over time. For investors, data provenance is like a recipe plus a receipt: it shows the ingredients, who mixed them, and any alterations, so you can judge whether information is reliable, trace errors, meet regulatory checks, and make confident decisions based on that data.

intellectual property regulatory

Intellectual property are legal rights that protect creations of the mind—such as inventions, brand names, designs, software, or secret formulas—giving the owner control over who can use, copy or sell them. For investors, IP is like owning a blueprint or recipe: it can generate steady income through exclusive sales or licensing, boost a company’s competitive edge and valuation, and also create costs or risks if rights must be defended or challenged in court.

Industry-Defining Scale Built on Trusted Data Establishes Platform as an Essential AI Marketplace for Publishers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Dow Jones announced that Factiva, the trusted business intelligence platform and preeminent AI marketplace for publishers, has secured licensing rights from more than 8,000 premium news and business information sources for use in GenAI applications. This expansion reinforces Factiva’s leadership in providing high-quality, traceable and copyright-compliant content to power enterprise-level GenAI solutions, adding over 4,000 new licensed sources since the initial launch of Factiva Smart Summary.

This industry-leading collection now features news and information from an array of local, national and global publishers, including ADWEEK, Agencia EFE, AWP Finanznachrichten, Beijing Review, USA TODAY Co., The Globe and Mail, Hong Kong Economic Times, Exame, Fast Company, Inc., McClatchy Media, News Corp Australia, Newsquest Media Group, The Atlantic and The National. These titles join thousands of other sources already available to Factiva customers, including The Associated Press, Barron’s, Dow Jones Newswires, Investor’s Business Daily, Financial News, MarketWatch, Private Equity News, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post – making a comprehensive database of news content licensed for GenAI use. By actively pursuing and securing licensing agreements with publishers, Factiva ensures that businesses leveraging its data can do so with confidence, thereby mitigating risks associated with data provenance and intellectual property.

"Factiva's growth and scale are evidence of its incredibly important role in the information ecosystem," said Almar Latour, CEO of Dow Jones and Publisher of The Wall Street Journal. "Companies need to know that they can trust the data and information powering their AI solutions, and publishers need a marketplace that fairly compensates them for their proprietary news, data and information. Factiva accomplishes both."

“The conversation has shifted from AI’s potential to its provenance, and it’s time to acknowledge that not all AI is created equal,” said Emma O’Brian, General Manager, Factiva. “For over 25 years, we have built our business on the integrity of our data, and in the age of AI, Factiva offers our customers a level of transparency and trust that cannot be replicated by scraping content. For business decisions that rely on facts from the most premium trusted global sources there is no equal in the marketplace today.”

This achievement further strengthens Factiva’s GenAI-powered products and solutions, designed to enhance research and decision-making for professionals across various industries, including:

• Factiva APIs: Providing enterprises and financial firms with licensed, copyright-compliant content to power generative AI applications such as conversational AI, article and portfolio summarization and deep research tools.
• Factiva.com: AI platform solutions instantly synthesize search results from premium licensed content into concise paragraphs, scannable bullets or deeper analysis saving hours of reading and research time.

Factiva continues to lead the industry in delivering valuable insights by ensuring that enterprise GenAI outputs are fully transparent and traceable back to their original licensed sources. Visit DowJones.com to learn more about Factiva’s suite of GenAI solutions and publisher marketplace.

About Dow Jones

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