It is common in many fields for a small group to produce 'agreed text', that other parties then sign off on * PR pieces ( http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.h

It is common in many fields for a small group to produce 'agreed text', that other parties then sign off on * PR pieces ( http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html ) * Legislation ( http://www.linklaters.com/Insights/Publication1005Newsletter/UK-corporate-update-December-2016/Pages/Prospectus-Regulation%E2%80%93text-agreed.aspx http://www.linklaters.com/Insights/Publication1005Newsletter... ) * Standards Body text ( say Oracle for OpenJDK, MS for Mono ) ( https://www.taylorwessing.com/globaldatahub/nisd-draft-text-agreed.html https://www.taylorwessing.com/globaldatahub/nisd-draft-text-... ) The NY Times itself will accept Associated Press articles ( say on an Afghan Election result ) and mostly just clone the words 1-to-1.