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The Concord Dealroom is the institutional transaction desk within the Newsroom Terminal. It enables newsrooms to inspect verification reports, make commercial offers, negotiate terms with creators, and secure exclusive broadcast rights.

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Reviewing Verification Intelligence

Before placing a commercial bid, click on any scoop card to open the Verification Dossier:
  • Authenticity Verdict: Independent oracle detection confirming absence of deepfake or synthetic manipulation.
  • C2PA Manifest Details: Hardware device credentials, capture timestamps, and camera sensor parameters.
  • Geographic Alignment: Sensor GPS coordinates mapped against reported incident locations.

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Placing an Offer

1

Open Make Offer Modal

Click Make Offer / Acquire Licence on the scoop detail page.
2

Set Commercial Terms & Timers

  • Bid Amount: Enter your proposed price in GBP (£). Bids must fall within platform bounds (£5.00 minimum up to £1,000,000.00 maximum).
  • Offer Expiry Time: Select an automated countdown window (3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, or 1 hour). If the creator does not respond within this window, the offer automatically expires and locked escrow funds return immediately to your balance.
  • Licence Scope: Select Exclusive Commercial Licence (sole rights) or Syndication Licence (shared editorial usage).
3

Lock Funds in Escrow

Click Confirm & Lock in Escrow. The required funds are verified from your agency deposit and held in secure escrow.

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Managing Active Negotiations

The Concord Dealroom interface categorises all ongoing agency transactions: The instant an eyewitness accepts your offer:
  1. Smart Escrow transfers funds to the creator.
  2. The transaction is notarized with an on-chain Digital Deed on Base layer-2.
  3. Your organisation receives immediate commercial indemnity and the asset is permanently moved to your Deed Vault.