A group of online content syndicators including the Associated Press, Reuters, Tribune Company and CBS has released a proposed set of guidelines for content syndication, according to a report from MediaWeek.
The Internet Content Syndication Council began considering the guidelines at the beginning of July.
The guidelines are aimed at countering the effect that the group sees as a growing and dangerous trend on the web – the rise of shoddy, poorly-sourced and edited content, often produced solely with gaming search engines in mind.
The proposed guidelines will now be open to review by its membership and the wider online media industry.