[PW] Clients of New York Times News Service and New York Times Syndicate

[Beuerlein, Pat (Edm Journal)]

On 7/25/0  Adrienne Franco wrote , Adrienne" <AFranco at iona.edu>

> One of our students wants to know which other newspapers / publications have
> published the New York Times article below.  She states that she knows this
> article has been syndicated and she wants to know which other newspapers
> picked this up from the New York Times.  DO YOU KNOW WHERE A LIST OF CLIENTS
> FOR NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE and/or NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE WOULD BE
> AVAILABLE?  Perhaps this is proprietary information??
> 
> Here is citation for NYT article she is interested in:
> With This Tool, You Tell a Mechanic What's Wrong John R. Quain. New York Times
> (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Jul 15, 2007. p. 12.2

A few problems your student will have determining who has used this piece:

- not every newspaper client who runs the piece will be found in
Lexis-Nexis, FPInfomart, or other databases. This is especially true of
smaller and non-American dailies.

- many newspapers do not include any wire or syndication material in the
articles they file with L-N, but only the material that originates with
them. This is partly due to the Tasini decision, but also a desire not to
duplicate material.

- being a client of the NYTimes News service or Syndicate doesn't
automatically mean you will run the article, only that you have the right to
do so.

- searching on the byline and/or key phrases from the article may bring it
up, but any newspaper that runs the piece may also edit these out.

If you think I can be of more help on this matter, please feel free to
contact me directly.


Patricia Beuerlein 
Library, The Edmonton Journal
10006 - 101 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 0S1
Phone: (780) 429-5259    Fax: (780) 429-5332
email: pbeuerlein at thejournal.canwest.com