Baseball Backs Down from Photo Gallery Ban
By Ryan • Mar 12th, 2008 • Category: News for Creatives (archives), PhotographyBy Daryl Lang of PDNonline.com:
“Talks between news agencies and Major League Baseball appear to be moving toward a compromise about new credentialing guidelines, according to people on both sides of negotiations.
MLB has backed down from a ban on all online galleries of baseball game photos. Under a proposed revision to the rules, news agencies that regularly cover a team will be able to post photo galleries of up to 15 photos a day. Exceptions would be made in some cases, such as photo galleries connected directly to a story and galleries covering special events or historic milestones.
John Cherwa, an Orlando Sentinel editor and sports coordinator for the Tribune newspaper chain, called the change “a big and gracious concession on their part.”
Cherwa, legal affairs chair for the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), was one of several representatives of the news media to meet with MLB officials last week.”
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