**Podcast Summary:**People Inc., a leading media publisher, has secured a new AI licensing deal with Microsoft, becoming a launch partner in their publisher content marketplace. This follows a similar agreement with OpenAI last year. The marketplace will enable AI companies to pay publishers directly for content usage. People Inc. CEO, Neil Vogel, lauded Microsoft for its commitment to publisher compensation, with Microsoft's Copilot being the first buyer. However, Google Search's AI Overviews have significantly reduced People Inc.'s website traffic from 50% to 24% over two years. Despite this, People Inc. has been advocating for AI companies to pay for content, successfully negotiating deals and blocking AI crawlers with Cloudflare technology. They anticipate more deals in the future, emphasizing the value and respect their content deserves.
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