We’ve been following this one closely: The Associated Press board has approved a 2.2% fee increase for its members for next year, coupling it with a new licensing policy for online use of AP content. This applies to basic and supplemental services for AP’s more than 1,500 newspaper and 5,000 broadcast members.
It is the lowest rate increase for AP in 35 years, except for in 1999, when it was also 2.2 percent.
Now, AP members will be able to broadly use AP products and services across a wide array of digital platforms, including the Web, wireless services and RSS feeds. This will also include self-enforcing of intellectual property rights.
Tying the online reuse will probably placate its members, some of whom were not happy with the April plans to charge extra for it.
Related:
– Scripps Execs: AP Is Self-Distructing; Replace It With P2P Co-Op
– Interview: Jane Seagrave, Director Of New Media Markets, AP
– AP Will Charge Extra For Online Re-Use By Print, Broadcast Subs
– ONA ’04: AP’s Tom Curley Talks Fundamentals
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