• by Ray Schultz , December 11, 2024

Condé Nast has named Antonious Porch as general counsel, effective in February 2025. 

Previously, Porch was general counsel and chief diversity officer of Soundcloud. Prior to that, he was general counsel of Shazam Entertainment.  

Porch has “an extensive and impressive track record navigating the legal complexities of today’s media industry, including copyright and intellectual property, M&A, compliance, regulatory and corporate matters, licensing and data privacy,” says Nick Hotchkin, chief financial officer at Condé Nast. 

As general counsel, Porch will oversee all legal, business affairs, policy and compliance matters, while also serving as corporate secretary.  

Porch will presumably have to deal with content scraping issues. 

In July, Condé Nast sent a cease-and-desist letter warning Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine startup, to stop using content from its publications. 

However, the publisher signed a content sharing deal with OpenAI.