# Anthropic pays a publisher for the first time, licensing AP election data for Claude > Source: > Published: 2026-11-05 01:27:34+00:00 # Anthropic pays a publisher for the first time, licensing AP election data for Claude **ADWEEK reports Claude carried attributed AP election data on Election Night, days after Anthropic filed its public S-1 on October 26th.** By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket) · Published Primary source: [www.adweek.com](https://www.adweek.com/media/anthropic-licensing-deal-ap-election/?itm_source=homepage&itm_medium=smart-paragraph-right&itm_campaign=1) ## Why it matters Publishers have spent two years blocking AI crawlers to force licensing talks. Anthropic held out longer than OpenAI, Google and its other rivals, then paid when Election Night exposed the cost of relying on whatever the open web left available. If one deadline moved Anthropic, sports, markets and breaking news can move it again, and every publisher holding current data now has a reported precedent to cite. Anthropic struck its first content licensing deal with the Associated Press just before the U.S. midterm elections, according to [ADWEEK](https://www.adweek.com/media/anthropic-licensing-deal-ap-election/?itm_source=homepage&itm_medium=smart-paragraph-right&itm_campaign=1), giving Claude attributed, up-to-date election information on Election Night. The report says users asking Claude for polling updates saw information "provided by and attributed to the Associated Press" after the agreement took effect.… When you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.