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News Licences Explained

Details the different news licenses supported by Pulsar and the type of data they grant access to

Updated over 2 weeks ago

In this article, we'll talk about the news licenses available in Pulsar along with examples of outlets that are covered and the key points you should consider before accessing these sources. We've categorised News licenses into two buckets, Online News and Print News.


Global News (NLA)

NLA Media Access (Newspaper Licensing Agency) is a publisher-owned rights licensing and publisher services business with the core aim of supporting journalism in the UK. With this type of licence, you are able to access print and magazine content from the UK and France. This is a license you will need to obtain directly from the NLA, and once you have access, the license can then configured into your Pulsar account.

Outlet examples:

  1. The Guardian

  2. The Times

  3. Telegraph

You can head to the NLA website to search for other outlets that are covered by this license Publication Search or click on their website to learn more.


Global News (CLA)

CLA is a UK collective licensing body and offers licence products that enable copying and reuse of published materials, specifically magazines, journals, books and websites.

Outlet examples:

  1. Business Insider

  2. Times of India

  3. Telegraph

Learn more on their website.


FR News (CFC)

The CFC is the French Reproduction Rights Organisation representing the rights holder of books, newspapers, magazines and other periodicals.

Outlet examples:

  1. Business Immo

  2. Le Monde

  3. La Figaro

Learn more on their website.


AUS Online (CAL, Isentia)

The Copyright Agency is an Australian not-for-profit organisation that has been standing up for creators for more than 40 years. They provide Australian Paywalled online news coverage as well as print clips for Australian-based print newspapers.

Outlet examples:

  1. Sunday Times

  2. West Australia

  3. Sunday Telegraph


Global News (LexisNexis)

The LexisNexis global business & news service allows you to quickly find the critical information you need to gain insight into your customers, markets and competitors, enabling you to make informed business decisions and gain a strategic advantage over your competitors.

Outlet examples:

  1. ABC News

  2. Washington Post

  3. CNN Money


UK/FR Print (NLA eClips)

NLA Media Access (NLA) is a publisher-owned rights licensing and publisher services business, with the core aim of supporting journalism. NLA works on behalf of the UKโ€™s newspaper and magazine publishers. NLA licenses organisations to make paper and digital copies of newspaper, magazine and news website content.

Outlet examples:

  1. Independent

  2. Evening Standard

  3. The Sun

You can head to the NLA website to search for other outlets that are covered by this license Publication Search.


Global Print (LexisNexis)

Print data from LexisNexis (LN) is a collection of clipped articles from around the globe, printed in newspapers, journals, magazines etc. of various fame and scopes of distribution. These clipped articles are uploaded and translated into text content, which you can collect via LexisNexis.

Outlet examples:

  1. China Daily

  2. Forbes

  3. The Sun


AUS Print (CAL, Isentia)

The Copyright Agency is an Australian not-for-profit organisation that has been standing up for creators for more than 40 years. They provide print clips for Australian-based print newspapers.

Outlet examples:

  1. Sunday Times

  2. West Australia

  3. Sunday Telegraph


NZ Print (PMCA, Isentia)

The Print Media Copyright Agency (PMCA) is a trading name of the NZ Press Association Ltd and was established on 1 January 2003 to provide licenses to organisations wanting to utilise articles appearing in newspapers and magazines.

The PMCA is a division of the New Zealand Press Association Limited. The PMCA also works in conjunction with the Newspaper Publishers' Association (NPA) โ€“ the trade association of the New Zealand newspaper industry.

Outlet examples:

  1. New Zealand Herald

  2. The Dominion Post

  3. Hokitika Guardian


SEA Print (NINESTARS, Isentia)

Ninestars provides two decades of expertise in content transformation from analog to digital and beyond for several global organizations in the media monitoring industry where the content is funneled through the processes to produce high-quality, extremely relevant and intelligent data in near-real time.

Ninestars and Isentia provide coverage of print content from the following SEA countries: Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

Outlet examples:

  1. Berita Harian

  2. Mingguan Malaysia

  3. The Straits Times

If you have any questions about the above news licenses, please reach out to your Account Manager, Customer Success Manager or you use the live in-app support.

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