Bloomsbury Eyes More AI Licensing Deals After Boosting Outlook

The Bloomsbury stand during the 2025 London Book Fair.

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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc’s Chief Executive Officer Nigel Newton is eying more AI licensing deals after the company’s first one prompted it to raise its full-year outlook.

“We’re in talks with everyone so we expect more deals,” Newton said, referring to the over 700,000 large language models worldwide. “Every one of them is essentially a candidate.”