Publishers
TalkingPoints Publisher Network: Terms and Conditions
Last updated: 26th June 2026
1. Definitions
“TalkingPoints (TPs)”, “We,” “Us,” or “Our”
Refers to the GRV Media Ltd TalkingPoints News & Community Web & App Platform.
“Publisher,” “You,” or “Your”
Refers to the individual or entity submitting the application, confirming they possess the legal authority to represent the website and enter into this Agreement.
“The Feed”
Describes the curated layout of headlines, web addresses (URLs), text, images, and video assets that link back to your website or external sources.
“The Services”
Encompasses our entire distribution network, including the main TalkingPoints website, international editions, mobile applications, interactive community chat platforms, email newsletters, and any third-party platforms where our curated content appears.
“Agreement”
Refers to these specific Terms and Conditions, the Editorial Standards, and any subsequent updates made to them.
“Publisher Content”
Means all headlines, titles, URLs, descriptions, snippets, article text, metadata, Open Graph data, schema data, source information, images, thumbnails, video assets, audio assets, graphics, logos, trade marks, brand names and other materials supplied by the Publisher or made available from the Publisher Site for use in connection with the Services.
“Publisher Site”
Means the Publisher website, RSS feed, XML feed, sitemap, API, Open Graph metadata, schema data, article HTML and any other technical source made available or authorised for access by TalkingPoints.
“Permitted Use”
Means the use of Publisher Content for access, ingestion, crawling, indexing, categorisation, caching, resizing, formatting, display, distribution, linking, attribution, moderation, takedown, security, audit and related technical processing through the Services.
“Term”
Means the period during which the Publisher participates in the TalkingPoints Publisher Network, unless terminated in accordance with this Agreement.
2. Nature of Relationship & Financial Terms
Non-Commercial Basis
This is a strictly non-commercial arrangement. TalkingPoints charges no fees for indexing or listing your content. The parties acknowledge that the current arrangement is non-fee bearing and does not involve revenue sharing. This does not prevent TalkingPoints from operating, improving, promoting or monetising the Services generally, provided that use of Publisher Content remains within the rights granted under this Agreement.
No Revenue Sharing
No revenue-sharing model exists for the traffic directed to your site or via any ads displayed across our Services.
Discretionary Inclusion
Admission to, and continued inclusion in, the TalkingPoints Publisher Network is at the sole and absolute discretion of TalkingPoints editors. We do not guarantee that every article will appear in a specific feed or remain on the platform.
3. Data Retrieval
Automated Crawling
You acknowledge and permit TalkingPoints’ automated systems to regularly crawl and scan your site to identify new headlines, web addresses, and article content.
The TPs crawler ingests content title, description, image, url and, where possible, text copy. These data points can be retrieved from various, standard, sharing technologies such as RSS, sitemaps, on page open graph and schema data. All data is only accessed if the crawler is allowed to and from publically accessible endpoints.
The Publisher authorises TalkingPoints to retrieve those data points from public RSS feeds, sitemaps, Open Graph tags, schema data, article HTML, APIs and other technical access points made available by the Publisher, subject always to any express restrictions notified to TalkingPoints or contained in the Publisher Site’s technical access controls.
For clarity, technical accessibility alone should not be treated as resolving all rights issues: the Publisher must ensure that it has the rights necessary for TalkingPoints to use the relevant Publisher Content in the manner permitted by this Agreement.
The TPs crawler respects robots.txt, rate limits and backoffs.
The Publisher must promptly notify TalkingPoints of any robots.txt restrictions, API restrictions, paywalls, registration requirements, image-use restrictions, third-party licence restrictions or other legal or technical restrictions that may affect access to or use of the Publisher Content.
Only title, description, image and url fields are publicly disseminated in order to present the content to the end user.
Article text is used to categorise and index content. TPs will not use article text to generate AI summaries, AI overviews or other substitute editorial content without a separate rights assessment and, where required, further publisher permission.
The TPs crawler can be identified by the HTTP UserAgent — ‘TalkingPoints/1.0’
4. Data Retention
Unless otherwise agreed, content will be purged from the TPs system after a maximum of 31 days since ingestion.
Content URLs, logs, audit records, complaint records, correspondence and technical metadata will be retained where reasonably required for lifecycle management, security, legal, compliance, audit or dispute-resolution purposes.
Content, including images are cached on the TPs app and on CDN edge servers. Caching is performed solely for performance and operational uses. Cached content is regularly and dynamically purged. Purges are issued on a ‘as-fast-as-possible’ basis; content may exist in cache beyond expiry or purges for reasons outside of TPs technical control.
Images are cached for a maximum of 2 days. They will be re-cached if requested by a user.
Images are dynamically resized by TPs based on a requesting user’s device requirements.
5. Intellectual Property Licence
Licence Grant
The Publisher grants to TalkingPoints a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence during the Term to ingest, reproduce, host, store, cache, index, process, adapt, format, display and distribute the Publisher Content (including headlines, URLs, snippets, text, images, video and associated metadata) on and through the Services and any TalkingPoints applications, websites or platforms.
The licence includes the right for TalkingPoints to exercise the Permitted Use through its hosting providers, CDN providers, caching providers, analytics, moderation, security and other technical service providers, provided that such providers act for or on behalf of TalkingPoints in connection with the Services.
The licence also includes the limited rights necessary to allow end users to view, access, share, discuss and interact with Publisher Content through the ordinary functionality of the Services and subject to the TalkingPoints user terms.
Derivative and Display Rights
This licence includes the right to create, use, cache, resize, crop and display thumbnails, preview images, Open Graph images and other derivative visual formats of Publisher Content for use across web, mobile and application interfaces.
Any adaptation, cropping, resizing or formatting of Publisher Content will be limited to technical and presentation changes reasonably necessary for display, indexing, caching, accessibility, moderation or user-interface compatibility, and does not permit TalkingPoints to alter the editorial substance of Publisher Content or create substitute articles.
Publisher Warranties
Media Asset Ownership & Licensing
The Publisher explicitly warrants that:
it owns or has obtained all necessary rights, licences, consents, waivers, and clearances (including, without limitation, all rights regarding third-party and agency-supplied photographs, images, graphics, videos, audio, metadata, contributors’ rights, moral rights, privacy rights, publicity/personality rights, and database rights) to grant the rights in the Publisher Content to TalkingPoints;
the use of the Publisher Content by TalkingPoints in accordance with this Agreement will not infringe the intellectual property or other rights of any third party; and
it has full authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Publisher explicitly warrants that it owns, or holds valid, sub-licensable third-party licences for, all multimedia assets—including but not limited to photographs, graphics, audio, and video files—delivered via The Feed.
Community Distribution & User Actions
Community Distribution
The Publisher acknowledges that TalkingPoints also operates a community chat platform where users interact with distributed content. Such interaction is governed by the ordinary functionality of the Services and the TalkingPoints Terms of Use.
Moderation & Disclaimers
While TalkingPoints employs moderation measures, it does not guarantee the prevention of all unauthorised user acts—including but not limited to the unauthorised downloading, screenshotting, sharing, modifying, or redistribution of the Publisher’s text, images, or video assets—that fall outside its reasonable control.
Reserved Rights
TalkingPoints reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to moderate, disable, remove, or restrict sharing features where required to maintain community standards, protect its systems, or ensure legal and store compliance. TalkingPoints expressly disclaims any liability for individual user actions within the community chat features.
Marketing and Promotional Licence
The Publisher grants TalkingPoints a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, fully paid-up licence to use, reproduce, display, and distribute the Publisher’s brand names, trademarks, logos, publication titles, headlines, and content snippets (including thumbnail images) in TalkingPoints’ marketing, advertising, and promotional materials.
Warranty
The Publisher represents and warrants that it holds all necessary rights, licences, and clearances to grant this marketing licence, and that the use of such assets by TalkingPoints will not infringe the intellectual property or other rights of any third party.
This marketing licence includes, but is not limited to, social media campaigns, media kits, corporate presentations, B2B marketing, and network growth materials. This marketing licence shall survive the termination of this Agreement for a period of six (6) months solely for the decommissioning of pre-existing marketing assets.
6. Branding & Operational Updates
Where agreed in writing, the Publisher may be required to display approved TalkingPoints branding or links in accordance with TalkingPoints’ reasonable brand guidelines. Unless expressly agreed, neither party may use the other party’s logos, trade marks or branding in a way that suggests sponsorship, endorsement or partnership beyond the relationship described in this Agreement.
Mandatory Notifications
You must inform us immediately if your publication changes ownership, if your contact information changes, or if you update your site’s design or technical structure (such as adding a paywall or registration requirement) that might block our indexing tools.
7. Editorial Standards & Eligibility
To maintain a high-quality ecosystem and comply with mobile application store safety standards, you must adhere to the following benchmarks at all times:
Websites will generally have a track record of publishing for a 6 month period before an application will be accepted.
Substance & Originality
Articles must be your original work. Written articles will generally contain at least 150 words of unique text. Video-centric articles must contain a minimum of 75 words of unique accompanying context. Content that has been substantively produced by AI will not be permitted on the platform.
Sourcing & Integrity
All claims and quotes must be properly attributed. If you reference another outlet, you must provide a direct link to their original story.
Headline Quality
Titles must be factual, accurate, and relevant.
User Experience (UX)
Your website must look professional, be easy to navigate, and include clear, accessible “Contact” and “About” information. It must not be overwhelmed by intrusive, malicious, or disruptive advertisements.
The Publisher shall not misuse the Services, including by introducing malicious code, attempting unauthorised access, or interfering with the operation or integrity of the Services.
8. Technical Specifications
Your website must maintain continuous compatibility with our automated indexing system:
Architecture
Every story needs its own unique, permanent URL and a distinct headline.
Where the Publisher authorises TalkingPoints to display thumbnails or image previews, the Publisher should provide valid Open Graph image tags (og:image) or another agreed technical source. TalkingPoints may use text-only cards where image rights are unclear, where the Publisher has not granted sufficient rights, or where thumbnail display presents heightened legal or operational risk.
Accessibility
You must provide a dedicated, functional page (such as an RSS or XML feed) that our system can scan for new headlines.
Coding
To ensure accurate categorization, you agree to implement specific HTML comment tags to mark the start and end of article body text if requested by our technical team.
9. Content Moderation & App Store Compliance
Store Compliance
All indexed content must strictly comply with Apple App Store and Google Play Store policies regarding public safety, intellectual property, hate speech, and graphic violence.
The Publisher warrants that Publisher Content will not be unlawful, defamatory, misleading, obscene, hateful, discriminatory, malicious, privacy-infringing, rights-infringing or otherwise likely to cause TalkingPoints to breach applicable law, app-store policies, platform policies or the TalkingPoints user terms.
Rapid Removal
TalkingPoints reserves the right to immediately remove any content reported by users, flagged by systems, or deemed objectionable by editors within 24 hours to maintain store and legal compliance.
Content Takedowns and Complaints
In the event that TalkingPoints receives a third-party claim or complaint regarding any asset supplied by the Publisher—including but not limited to claims of copyright, database rights, or trade mark infringement; defamation; breach of privacy or personality rights; infringement of agency image rights; or violations of applicable platform or app-store policies—TalkingPoints reserves the right to remove the asset immediately without prior notice. Repeated complaints or infringement flags regarding a Publisher’s feed will result in the immediate and permanent termination of the Publisher from the Network.
The Publisher shall promptly notify TalkingPoints of any material errors or inaccuracies in Publisher Content and shall provide corrected content without undue delay.
10. Indemnification & Liability
The Publisher shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless TalkingPoints, its affiliates, and their respective officers, employees, and contractors from and against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with: (a) any claim by any third party (including, without limitation, rights holders, image agencies, contributors, collecting societies, platforms, regulators, and end users) that the Publisher Content infringes any intellectual property or other proprietary rights; or (b) any breach of the Publisher’s warranties or obligations under this Agreement. This indemnity shall apply without limitation and is expressly excluded from any general liability cap contained in this Agreement. TalkingPoints shall retain sole and reasonable control over the defense, settlement, takedown, and disablement decisions concerning any such claim, particularly where such claim may affect the Services or expose TalkingPoints to wider legal, platform-policy, or regulatory risk.
Disclaimer of Warranties
TalkingPoints provides its Services “as is” and “as available” without any guarantees of performance, traffic volume, or uptimes.
11. Limitation of Liability
Nothing in this Agreement shall exclude or limit liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
Subject to the above, TalkingPoints shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential loss, including loss of profits, revenue, data or goodwill, and TalkingPoints’ total aggregate liability under this Agreement shall not exceed £100.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, TalkingPoints shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential loss, including but not limited to loss of profit, revenue, traffic, business opportunity, goodwill, or data, whether or not such losses were foreseeable or within the contemplation of the parties at the time of entering into this Agreement.
User Actions & Chat Disclaimer
While TalkingPoints operates its community features subject to its User Terms of Use and implements reporting, moderation, and content-disablement controls to manage community standards, TalkingPoints disclaims liability for unauthorized end-user acts—including but not limited to the unauthorized downloading, screenshotting, sharing, modifying, or redistribution of the Publisher’s text, images, or video assets—to the extent that such acts fall outside the ordinary functionality and reasonable control of the Services.
TalkingPoints reserves the right to suspend or restrict access to the Services immediately where necessary to protect its systems, users or legal position, including in the event of repeated infringement or persistent breaches of this Agreement.
12. Termination
Termination by Us
TalkingPoints may suspend or terminate participation immediately where the Publisher breaches this Agreement, fails to provide rights evidence, receives repeated complaints, introduces a paywall or access restriction without notice, restricts automated access, supplies infringing or unlawful Publisher Content, or otherwise creates legal, technical, platform-policy or reputational risk for TalkingPoints.
Termination by You
If you wish to leave the network, you may do so at any time by contacting us directly to request the removal of your site from our indexing queue.
Upon termination, TalkingPoints shall cease active ingestion and remove active display of Publisher Content and shall remove such content from the Services within a reasonable period, subject to any legal, regulatory or technical requirements.
Notwithstanding the above, TalkingPoints may retain cached or archived copies of Publisher Content for backup, compliance, dispute resolution or audit purposes.
13. Governing Law & Amendments
Governing Law
This Agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it, including non-contractual disputes or claims, shall be governed by the law of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with this agreement or its subject matter or formation.
Policy Changes
We reserve the right to modify or replace these Terms and Conditions at any time to reflect operational, legal, or regulatory updates.
Notice Period
We will notify you of any material changes via email or through a prominent notice on our platform ten (10) days before they take effect.
Publisher Opt-Out
If you do not agree with the proposed changes, you have the right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Clause 12 prior to the effective date of such changes.
Binding Acceptance
Your continued participation in the TalkingPoints Publisher Network, maintenance of your content feed, or continued availability of Publisher Content for ingestion by our systems after the 10-day notice period expires will constitute your binding and unconditional acceptance of the updated Terms and Conditions.
14. Confidentiality
Definition
“Confidential Information” means all non-public, proprietary, or confidential information disclosed by one party (the “Disclosing Party”) to the other party (the “Receiving Party”), whether orally, in writing, or via electronic transmission, that is designated as confidential or that reasonably should be understood to be confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances of disclosure. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, the terms and conditions of this Agreement, business plans, technical data, operational strategies, and any data related to user traffic, bidding, or advertising performance.
Obligations
The Receiving Party shall:
(a) keep the Confidential Information strictly confidential and use at least a reasonable degree of care to protect it;
(b) not disclose it to any third party except to its employees, legal counsel, accountants, or professional advisors who have a “need to know” and are bound by confidentiality obligations at least as restrictive as those contained herein; and
(c) use such Confidential Information solely for the purpose of exercising its rights or performing its obligations under this Agreement.
Exclusions
Confidential Information does not include information that:
(a) is or becomes publicly known through no fault of the Receiving Party;
(b) was already known to the Receiving Party without restriction prior to disclosure;
(c) is independently developed by the Receiving Party without use of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; or
(d) is rightfully obtained from a third party without breach of any confidentiality obligation.
Required Disclosure
The Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information to the extent required by law, regulation, or court order, provided that it gives the Disclosing Party prompt advance notice (where legally permitted) to allow the Disclosing Party to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy.
Survival
The obligations of confidentiality under this Clause 14 shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement for a period of two (2) years.
15. Assignment
TalkingPoints may assign or transfer this Agreement to any affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of assets. The Publisher may not assign without prior written consent.
16. Entire Agreement
This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter.
Each party agrees that it shall have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in this agreement. Each party agrees that it shall have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation or negligent misstatement based on any statement in this agreement.
17. Third Party Rights
A person who is not a party has no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
18. Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
19. Survival
The provisions of this Agreement which, by their nature, are intended to survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement shall survive such termination or expiration, including, without limitation: Clause 5.3 (Publisher Warranties), Clause 10 (Indemnification), Clause 11 (Limitation of Liability), Clause 14 (Confidentiality), Clause 17 (Third Party Rights), Clause 23 (Notices), Clause 24 (Waiver), and Clause 25 (No Partnership or Agency).
20. Priority of Documents
In the event of any conflict, inconsistency, or ambiguity between the documents forming this Agreement, the following order of priority shall apply to resolve such conflict: (a) The main body of these Terms and Conditions; (b) The Technical Requirements; (c) Any other policies, guidelines, or technical requirements referenced herein.
21. Force Majeure
Neither party shall be in breach of this Agreement nor liable for delay in performing, or failure to perform, any of its obligations under this Agreement if such delay or failure results from events, circumstances, or causes beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes, failure of a utility service or transport or telecommunications network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or sub-contractors.
22. Variation
Except as expressly provided in this Agreement (including, without limitation, TalkingPoints’ right to modify or replace terms and policies pursuant to Clause 13.3), no variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the parties (or their authorised representatives).
The parties acknowledge that TalkingPoints may, from time to time, update its policies, guidelines, or technical requirements (including the Editorial Standards) in accordance with the notification procedures set out in Clause 13.3, and such updates shall not constitute a “variation” of this Agreement requiring a signed amendment under this Clause 22.
23. Notices
Any notice or other communication given to a party under or in connection with this agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered by email to the address last provided by the Publisher (in the case of the Publisher) or to legal@talkingpoints.live (in the case of TalkingPoints).
Any notice shall be deemed to have been received at the time of transmission (or, if this time falls outside business hours in the place of receipt, when business hours resume). In this Clause, “business hours” means 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday on a day that is not a public holiday in the place of receipt.
This clause does not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action or, where applicable, any arbitration or other method of dispute resolution.
24. Waiver
No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under this agreement or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
25. No Partnership or Agency
Nothing in this agreement is intended to, or shall be deemed to, establish any partnership or joint venture between any of the parties, constitute any party the agent of another party, or authorise any party to make or enter into any commitments for or on behalf of any other party.
Each party confirms it is acting on its own behalf and not for the benefit of any other person.
26. Severance
If any provision or part-provision of this agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed deleted, but that shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of this agreement.
If any provision or part-provision of this agreement is deemed deleted under 26.1 the parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree a replacement provision that, to the greatest extent possible, achieves the intended commercial result of the original provision.
How to Contact Us
For any questions regarding these terms, please contact us via our website at talkingpoints.live/contact-us or via email at feedback@talkingpoints.live.