Billions of tokens / month
Large language models generate billions of tokens per month of news content every single month*.
AI assistants quote your articles millions of times each month. Get paid instantly whenever your reporting is referenced in real time.
The numbers show a massive gap between the value your reporting creates and the money you receive.
Large language models generate billions of tokens per month of news content every single month*.
Other than a handful of lawsuits, the vast majority of reporters see zero licensing revenue from AI usage.
Conservative estimates suggest today’s news references are worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually — money that should go to newsrooms and freelancers.
*Based on public LLM usage disclosures and industry research (2024).
From breaking news to long-form investigations — all your work deserves compensation. See our legal framework and case studies for more details.
Real-time protection for time-sensitive stories. The faster you publish, the more valuable your scoop becomes to AI training.
Deep dives and exclusive investigations command premium rates. Your months of research deserve fair compensation.
Election coverage, policy analysis, and political reporting. Essential context for AI understanding of current events.
Charts, analysis, and data-driven stories. Your research and data interpretation skills are highly valuable to AI training.
Community news, local government, and regional stories. Essential for AI understanding of local contexts and issues.
Court coverage, legal analysis, and case reporting. Specialized knowledge that AI companies need for legal understanding.
These are illustrative projections based on typical traffic patterns, not actual user earnings.
Deep-dive reports on corporate misconduct are high-value training data for AI risk models.
Real-time policy analysis feeds chatbots that answer civic-related questions around the clock.
Hyper-local coverage gives AI the context it needs to answer neighbourhood questions accurately.
Protect your entire publication with one implementation.
Add licensing to all articles automatically via a single hook.
Add to each article you publish online. Higher rates for specialized reporting.
Perfect for newsletter journalism and independent reporting.
Large newsrooms get dedicated support and custom integrations for your CMS and editorial workflows.
Unlike training data deals, Aposema's inference licensing activates the moment your article goes live. Breaking news commands the highest per-token rates because AI systems prioritize fresh, authoritative sources for time-sensitive queries.
Watch how an AI assistant licenses a news article before answering a user question.
Without licensing: Publisher & journalist earn $0.00.
With licensing: 70% to publisher, 30% to journalist — paid in milliseconds.
Every day you wait is another day AI companies profit from your reporting for free. Join the fight for journalist rights and fair compensation.
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