The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway Can Journalism Survive AI? — with NYT CEO Meredith Kopit Levien
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Mar 19, 2026 
Meredith Kopit Levien, CEO of The New York Times and a top digital media strategist, talks about the future of journalism. She gets into subscriptions, video growth, AI fights over copyright and licensing, and why reporting still depends on human judgment. There’s also a candid turn into parenting teens in a screen-soaked world.
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Video Is The Times Next Growth Engine
- Meredith Kopit Levien sees growth coming from international expansion and pushing Times journalism into video, not just text and audio.
- She says the goal is to make the Times as preferred for watching as it already is for reading and listening.
The Times Wants AI To Pay For Journalism
- Meredith Kopit Levien frames AI lawsuits and licensing deals as the same strategy: enforce copyright, then license content on fair terms.
- She argues LLM makers spend billions on compute and talent, so high-quality reporting should also command payment and usage control.
Publishers Cooperate More Than Critics Think
- Meredith Kopit Levien rejects the idea that publishers cannot cooperate, arguing they align on protecting journalists and sustaining independent reporting.
- She cites joint efforts to evacuate journalists from Afghanistan while still insisting each company must control its own intellectual property.