Editor&Publisher: AP mulling early sale of stories to news sites
October 7th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Online Journalism
The Associated Press (AP) is considering whether it could sell news items to online clients for a short, exclusive period.
Stories could be sold to web outlets half-an-hour ahead of other customers, Tom Curley, AP chief executive, suggested at an industry event.
‘Premium priced information on certain topics’ and associated metadata and multimedia could be sold ahead of more general release, he explained.
Curley’s comments came in reaction to publishers’ ongoing concerns about the use of the content by search engines and aggregators.
The agency is also developing a new system for tracking its content online and monitoring copyright infringements.
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October 9th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
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