Sept 18 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms ( META ) has been in

talks in recent months with media firms including Axel Springer,

Fox Corp ( FOXA ) and News Corp ( NWSA ) to license news content

for integration into its AI products, the Wall Street Journal

reported on Thursday.

The discussions have centred on licensing news and other

material for use in Meta's AI products, though some talks remain

preliminary and may not result in deals, the report said, citing

people familiar with the matter.

A spokesperson for Axel Springer declined to comment while

Meta, News Corp ( NWSA ), and Fox did not immediately respond to Reuters

requests for comment.

Meta has been reorganizing its AI efforts under

Superintelligence Labs, a high-stakes push that followed senior

staff departures and a muted response to its latest open-source

Llama 4 model.

Other companies, including ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Jeff

Bezos-backed startup Perplexity, have struck similar AI

partnerships with news organizations.

Reuters signed a content licensing with Meta Platforms ( META ) in

2024. In May, Amazon partnered with The New York Times to allow

it to use the paper's editorial content in AI products such as

Alexa.