The Associated Press has struck a deal to be the exclusive agent for commercial use of NFL still images.
AP has already had the right to use its NFL images for editorial purposes, but can now sell them for commercial re-use
as well as licensing the NFL's own event photos -- the NFL draft, for example.
The deal also covers historic images in the NFL archive.
"This agreement creates a powerful offensive line, anchored by the AP's great photography and photo licensing expertise and the NFL's terrific library of pre-season, regular season and post-season photographs," said AP president Tom Curley in announcing the deal.
