CEO & Director, News
Search every verified Robert Thomson interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. On News Corp’s Q2 and Q3 fiscal 2026 earnings calls, Thomson described the company as an “AI inputs company,” citing recent deals with Meta and OpenAI as partnerships that he said would have a positive impact on revenue and profitability. He stated that AI engines require “contemporary creative proprietary content” and that News Corp is negotiating further deals with companies that recognize the value of its content. Thomson also said the company is tracking entities that he alleged are “scraping illicitly, illegally” News Corp’s content and reselling it, and that the company intends to pursue them vigorously. Thomson reported that Realtor.com’s revenues rose 15% in Q3 despite a sluggish U.S. housing market, and that digital real estate segment revenues grew 8% year-over-year in Q2. He noted that Dow Jones saw digital advertising revenue rise 12% in Q2 to a record high. On the topic of AI, Thomson argued that “AI is retrospective” and that News Corp’s content is only accessed if AI companies pay for it, adding that “without compelling content, these AI operators are not omnipotent.” He also referenced a $1.5 billion agreement by Anthropic to pay for using pirated books, stating that Harper Collins expects to receive its “fair share” of that payout.
... we have had an overture, a significant overture which we're naturally assessing,” News Corp CEO Robert Thomson said.
News Corporation CEO Robert Thomson (NWSA) sits down with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia & Technology Conference as he unpacks the impact of AI on the media industry. Thomson states that AI will be "epochal" for news going on to warn that the industry could face a "tsunami potentially of job losses" due to the tech. Thomson says that with AI the danger is "rubbish in, rubbish out, and, in this case, rubbish all about" emphasizing his point that there is no management of content with AI. "Instead of elevating and enhancing, what you might find is th…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a Fireside Chat with NewsCorp CEO Robert Thomson. This takes place after Zuckerberg ...
Robert Thomson delivers the 2019 Keith Murdoch Oration on the topic: truth, trust and tech.
L'intervista a Robert Thomson - Amministratore Delegato News Corp.
Newscorp CEO Robert Thomson filmed by Capitol Intelligence/BBN using CI Glass comparing social media monopolies such as Google and Facebook as Big Tobacco at Open Markets Institute forum "Breaking the News: Free Speech and Democracy in the Age of Platform Monopoly" in Washington DC. June 12, 2018
Robert Thomson: “Newspapers are keepers of a great tradition, we have to remember our principles”
Robert Thomson (NewsCorp), Zanny Minton-Beddos (The Economist)
Zanny Minton-Beddoes and Robert Thomson will discuss the future of publishing, not only with regards to magazine or ...
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