CITA Republish License

1 · What is permitted

CITA News grants recognised newsrooms, industry associations, tourism boards, NGOs and institutional newsletters the right to reuse, translate and republish editorial content from cita.news in full or in part, free of charge, under the conditions set out below.

2 · Who may republish

Reuse is permitted by default for outlets listed on the CITA license whitelist: cita.news/en/license-recipients.html. The whitelist covers established newsrooms with their own masthead and editorial team, industry associations, chambers, tourism boards and NGOs operating editorial newsletters or blogs, scientific and institutional publications, and multilingual local media in our target markets of Spain, Germany, the UK and Italy.

Outlets not on the whitelist may apply for inclusion via info@cita.news. We reply within 7 working days. Republishing before whitelist inclusion is not permitted.

Excluded by default: automated aggregator sites, link farms, sites without an imprint, AI training datasets, sites consisting solely of republished content.

3 · What must be observed

3.1 Source attribution

Visible at the start or end of the article: "Source: CITA News — cita.news" with a clickable link to the original URL.

3.2 Canonical tag (required)

The republished HTML must contain the following tag in the <head> pointing to the original cita.news URL:

<link rel="canonical" href="https://cita.news/<language>/<slug>.html">

This requirement protects the Google ranking of the original source and is a precondition for full-text republishing. Outlets unable to set a canonical tag may republish only excerpts shorter than 50 percent of the original.

3.3 Images

Reuse permitted provided the photo credit from the original is preserved. Editing is allowed, but watermark or photo credit removal is not.

3.4 No meaning-altering edits

Cuts and condensation are permitted. Rephrasing that alters facts, or addition of contradicting claims without flagging, is not.

3.5 Translations

Translations into any language are permitted provided source attribution and canonical requirements are met.

4 · What is not permitted

• Sale of content as part of a paywalled package without separate written agreement with CITA News
• Sublicensing or relicensing to third parties
• Use in AI training datasets, RAG pipelines, model distillation or fine-tuning
• Publication on sites with illegal, discriminatory, misleading or pornographic content
• Use as advertising, native ads or sponsored content without clearly flagging the piece as republished editorial

5 · Practical workflow

5.1 Republishing requires no prior notice if the outlet is on the whitelist and conditions in section 3 are met.

5.2 Notification requested, not required: a short email to info@cita.news with the republish link helps us track pickups, mirror reach across social channels and reach out directly on follow-up stories.

5.3 We ask that you preserve the original byline — Lucía Medina Reyes, Sileney Pérez Vargas, Sam Ricco, Julia Falkenberg or other named CITA authors. This is a request, not a requirement.

6 · Corrections and synchronisation

CITA News commits to journalistic diligence in line with Swiss Press Council standards. When the original story is corrected or updated, the republisher receives an email notification.

The republisher must, within 48 hours, either incorporate the correction or insert a correction notice with a link to the updated original. Otherwise the license for the affected story expires and the republisher will be asked to remove the republished version.

CITA accepts no liability for consequential damages arising from third-party republication.

7 · In case of breach

Breach of conditions in sections 3 or 4 triggers an email to the republisher with a 72-hour correction window. In case of non-response: public dissociation on cita.news, entry on a bad-actor list shared with allied outlets, and removal from the whitelist.

Legal action is reserved for repeat offenders and commercially motivated license violations.

8 · Contact

License questions, whitelist inclusion, commercial use: info@cita.news

Correction requests and updates: info@cita.news

Responsible:Lucía Medina Reyes, Editor-in-Chief CITA News