[newslib] Reprint fees/policies survey summary
Posted by
Claire Wollen
Hello everyone,
Before Christmas I asked if any newspapers would be willing to share their article reprint fees with me. I did receive a few responses, and also found some information on various newspaper web sites.
I was asked to provide a summary to the list, and I’ve done so below. Any questions (or more contributions to the list) just let me know.
Newspaper 1
Request from nonprofits, schools, public service events: FREE
Other newspapers, state magazines, company newsletters, some web sites: $50
National TV: $150
Books, national magazines: $150 plus $10 per 1,000 copies
Newspaper 2
$150 for reprint permission.
Newspaper 3
Schools, teacher handouts, educational workshops - No Charge
Non-profits, academic publication clubs - $25.00
Other newspapers, company newsletters, books, magazines - $50.00
Promotional, marketing or advertising purposes - $100.00 + ($10 per 1,000 copies)
Newspaper 4
The minimum price for a non-profit organization or group is: $32.00 per article/photo
The minimum price for any "other" company/political is: $250.00 per article, $150 per photo
Newspaper 5
Personal use, 1-10 copies: No fee
Obituary: No fee
Charities: No fee
Non-business newsletters: $25
Non-profit: $0-25 depending on use
Commercial or business use: $100 - up to 1,000 copies; $150 over 1,000 copies.
Newspaper 6
Fee waived for schools, teacher handouts, educational workshops if under 100 copies
$25 for Non-profit, academic publications, clubs - 1,000 or less distribution
$50 for Non-profit, academic publications, clubs – over 1,000 distribution
$50 for Promotional or marketing purposes – less than 1,000
$100 for Promotional or marketing purposes - 1,001 up to 10,000
Over 10,000 - negotiable.
$25 to post article on website – non-profit, academic institutions, clubs
$50 to retain article on newspaper’s website after 60 days
$200 – magazines, book publishers, including textbooks.
Newspaper 7
$100 - $1,200 depending on the circulation for each medium. $100 is the starting point for all of them - non-profit organizations get a 50% discount.
Resources on this page were compiled for a panel discussion
"Managing
Copyright and Leveraging Revenue in Your News Organization"
at the annual conference of the News
Division Special Libraries Assn. in
June 2005. Panel members included
Kathy
Foley, San Antonio Express-News;
Ginny Everett, Atlanta Journal Constitution;
Peter
Simmons, The New York Times; and
Sharon
Clairemont, Orange County Register.
To request updates or additions contact
Kathy
Foley.
Last Updated 6/4/2005