NEW YORK, October 8, 2024 - Hearst today announced a new content partnership with OpenAI which will integrate Hearst's extensive newspaper and domestic magazine content into OpenAI's products, enhancing the utility and reach of both companies' offerings.

As part of the partnership, OpenAI will incorporate content from Hearst's celebrated brands of trusted journalism - including Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle,Esquire, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Runner's World, Women's Health and others - into its advanced AI products. This collaboration spans over 20 magazine brands and 40+ newspapers, enriching ChatGPT's 200 million weekly users with a vast array of lifestyle content. From local news to fashion and home design and health, fitness, and automotive insights, users will now experience an even broader and deeper connection to the topics that shape their daily lives.

"As generative AI matures, it's critical that journalism created by professional journalists be at the heart of all AI products," said Hearst Newspapers President Jeff Johnson. "This agreement allows the trustworthy and curated content created by Hearst Newspapers' award-winning journalists to be part of OpenAI's products like ChatGPT - creating more timely and relevant results."

"Our partnership with OpenAI will help us evolve the future of magazine content," said Hearst Magazines President Debi Chirichella. "This collaboration ensures that our high-quality writing and expertise, cultural and historical context and attribution and credibility are promoted as OpenAI's products evolve."

"Bringing Hearst's trusted content into our products elevates our ability to provide engaging, reliable information to our users," said Brad Lightcap, COO, OpenAI.

Hearst content in ChatGPT will feature appropriate citations and direct links, providing transparency and easy access to the original Hearst sources.

Hearst's other businesses outside of magazines and newspapers are not included in this partnership.

About Hearst
Hearst is one of the nation's largest global, diversified information, services and media companies. Hearst has been innovating for more than a century, leading with purpose, integrity and a culture of care, with a mission to inform audiences and improve lives. The company's diverse portfolio includes global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; 35 television stations; 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers; digital services businesses; and more than 200 magazine editions around the world.

About Hearst Magazines
Hearst Magazines, the world's largest lifestyle publisher, has a portfolio of more than 25 powerful brands in the U.S. that inspire and entertain audiences across all media platforms. Hearst Magazines' print and digital assets reach 153 million readers and site visitors each month - 61% of all millennials and 57% of all Gen Z adults over the age of 18 (Source: 2023 Comscore Multi-Platform© MRI-Simmons (12-23/F23). The company publishes more than 200 magazine editions and 175 websites around the world.

About Hearst Newspapers
Hearst Newspapers is the operating group responsible for Hearst's newspapers, local digital marketing services businesses and directories. With approximately 2,600 employees nationwide, Hearst Newspapers publishes 24 dailies and 52 weeklies, including the Houston Chronicle, Times Union (Albany, New York) and San Antonio Express-News. It also operates digital marketing services and directories businesses under the LocalEdge brand.

About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. Its mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

Media Contacts:
Hearst Corporate, Paul Luthringer, [email protected]
Hearst Magazines, Allison Keane, [email protected]
OpenAI, Kayla Wood, [email protected]