Business records
(iii) Business records. (A) Business records include records of the activities, including the financial transactions, of a member of the news media related to the coverage, investigation, or reporting of news, which records are generated or maintained by a third party with which the member of the news media has a contractual relationship. Business records are limited to those that could provide information about the newsgathering techniques or sources of a member of the news media. (B) Business records do not include records unrelated to lawful newsgathering activities, such as those related to the purely commercial, financial, administrative, or technical operations of a news media entity. (C) Business records do not include records that are created or maintained either by the government or by a contractor on behalf of the government.