kill fee
Rejected article compensation
A kill fee is a partial payment made to a freelancer when a commissioned work is canceled before completion or publication.
Standard in journalism, photography, and other creative industries, it compensates for work already done when an assignment falls through: The magazine offered a 25% kill fee after shelving the article.
Provision in agreement
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- agreementShared position between parties
- termsConditions of an agreement
- cancellationVoiding of plans
breach · binding · enforceable · negotiation · stipulation · boilerplate · rider · addendum
Self-employed service provider
- clientOne who hires professionals
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- cancellationVoiding of plans
pitch · commissioned work · rejection · spiked · editor · deadline · invoice · writer
Fulfilling a financial obligation
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
- remunerationPayment for work done
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
- partial paymentFraction of amount owed
percentage · stipend · honorarium · disbursement · consideration · recoupment · standard rate
Bound periodical with articles
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- columnVertical structural element
periodical · journal · editor · publisher · submission · editorial · feature · print
clause
Provision in agreement
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- agreementShared position between parties
- termsConditions of an agreement
cancellation · breach · binding · enforceable · negotiation · stipulation · boilerplate · rider · addendum · contingency
freelancer
Self-employed service provider
- clientOne who hires professionals
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- projectPlanned, effortful task
cancellation · pitch · commissioned work · rejection · spiked · editor · deadline · invoice · writer · photographer
payment
Fulfilling a financial obligation
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
- remunerationPayment for work done
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
partial payment · percentage · stipend · honorarium · disbursement · consideration · recoupment · standard rate
magazine
Bound periodical with articles
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
column · periodical · journal · editor · publisher · submission · editorial · feature · print · publication
- entertainment businessrecording contract, movie deal, book deal, development deal, talent deal
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- contractsbinding contracts, contract length, lease, clause, contract terms
- freelancingfreelancer, contractor, freelance, consultant, client