Publisher accounts · Coming soon
Get standing in your own story.
People are already clipping, quoting, and arguing with your work on Annotated. Publisher accounts put you back in the room — to answer in your own voice, claim your content, and see exactly how far it travels.
Verify with X or Google at launch. No new password, no setup fee.
Annotation · 4 clips threaded
✗ That’s BS“…the policy will cost taxpayers nothing in its first decade…”↳ clip from yourpublication.com · 0:00–0:12
A reader clipped your line and argued the CBO score says otherwise.
Here’s the context that clip cut: the figure refers to net cost after offsets. Full methodology in paragraph 9 →
The case
Right now, you’re being talked about. Not talked with.
Annotated is built on a simple act: someone clips a sentence, a soundbite, or a 90-second segment, links back to your source, and makes their case in public. Half of those cases are “that's brilliant.” The other half are “that's BS.”
Either way, it's happening with or without you. The clip exists. The argument is live. The only question is whether the actual creator is in the thread — or absent from it.
A publisher account is how you stop being a quote and start being a voice.
What you get
Six things a publisher account unlocks.
Free to claim. Built on the same fair-use rails as everything else on Annotated.
Right of Reply
Answer where the argument is happening.
Why: When someone clips you and calls it BS, your verified response pins to the top of the thread — in your voice, right next to the receipt. Criticism stops standing unanswered, and you never have to chase it across X to set the record straight.
Verified Badge
Be the real you, officially.
Why: A checkmark turns “some account claiming to be the newsroom” into a trusted source. Readers instantly know when the actual byline, show, or channel is weighing in — and your claims route straight to you, not a stranger.
The Clip Desk
Every clip of your work, one queue.
Why: Stop hunting annotations one at a time. See everything clipped from your domain or channel on a single board — reply, add context, or dispute genuine fair-use breaches in bulk. Claims become a workflow, not a fire drill.
Signal
See how far your work travels.
Why: Clip volume, the BS-vs-brilliant split, your most-argued passages — and the number that matters most: how many readers Annotated sent back to your source. It's media monitoring that pays you in traffic instead of an invoice.
Self-Annotation
Show your own work.
Why: Annotate your own pieces. Add the context a clip left out, footnote your sourcing, correct the record — all linked to the original. The “show your work” ethos, now from your side of the byline, before anyone else frames it for you.
⚖ Standing, Not Veto
Fair use cuts both ways.
Why: You can dispute the real breaches — over-length clips, missing source links, full-article reposts. You can't make a fair argument vanish because it stings. That line is exactly what keeps Annotated a place worth being on — and worth replying on.
How you'll get pulled in
The moment your work gets clipped, we'll tell you. Claiming your account takes one click and your X or Google login.
CLIPPED → NOTIFIED → CLAIM IN ONE CLICK → REPLY, CONTEXT & ANALYTICS
Coming soon
Your work is already on Annotated. Be in the room when it launches.
For newsrooms, podcasters, creators & channels. Verify with X or Google.