Amazon AWS to Launch Publisher Content Marketplace for AI Services, Feb 10

Amazon is planning to launch a publisher content marketplace at its AWS conference on February 12, 2026, enabling publishers to sell content to AI product providers. Circulated slides show the marketplace integrated with AWS’s core AI tools, including Bedrock and QuickSuite, to support publishers’ business needs. Publishers are in negotiation with AI companies over usage rules for content in training and generation, with publishers seeking usage-based licensing fees. Microsoft is also developing a Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM) with similar AI licensing and usage-term display capabilities.