Licensing News Content and Articles
What Is News Licensing?
News licensing is the process of gaining copyright permission to reuse or republish news stories. This form of content licensing can include news photography, graphics and articles. Additionally, a wide range of industries are available for licensing, including business news, financial news or entertainment news.
There are also a number of types of ways to share the news — whether it’s through editorials, news reports, videos, featured articles or opinion pieces. Make sure your brand is staying up to date on current events around the world by engaging your audiences through thought-provoking and rigorous news coverage.
How News Licensing Works
In order to license a piece of the news, your team has to get the rights from the appropriate copyright holder. In most cases, this will be the publication responsible for that news coverage. Your team will need to specify how you intend to reuse that content and both parties will need to sign an agreement.
NYTLicensing makes this process easy, since we can offer a comprehensive copyright license with the rights your team needs for a variety of titles including The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Economist,and more. To learn more, check our guide on how to acquire a copyright license or contact a member of our sales team.
Types of News Articles to Buy or License
News content should strive to take a mostly non-biased view of current events and ask readers to think critically. Here are some types of news articles you can buy or license.
