Art of the steal
Trump’s lawsuit may be looming, but for News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, AI copyright battles and licensing deals are the real fight.
If Robert Thomson is worried about US President Donald Trump’s USD10 billion ($15.4 billion) defamation lawsuit against him and his billionaire employer Rupert Murdoch, he isn’t showing it.
During the News Corp chief executive’s call with Wall Street analysts on Wednesday morning (Australian time) to discuss the storied media company’s strong quarterly results, Trump only came up once.
And it had nothing to do with that legal battle, which was sparked by a recent expose in News Corp’s flagship business newspaper, The Wall Street Journal.
"Take the example of President Trump. He has written many successful books, in particular The Art of the Deal, which is still reporting notable sales," Thomson said.
