name: People Inc / Dotdash Meredith Commercial Plans
description: |
  People Inc has no public developer-API plan surface. Its commercial offering
  is structured around B2B advertising, brand licensing, consumer magazine
  subscriptions, and direct content licensing — all transacted via direct
  sales, not self-serve. This file captures the addressable commercial
  surfaces using the API Commons Plans 0.1 shape, with the explicit caveat
  that pricing is RFQ / per-engagement and not published.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/meredith/main/plans/meredith-plans-pricing.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: 'plans-0.1'
providerId: meredith
providerName: People Inc

plans:

  - id: dcipher-contextual-advertising
    name: D/Cipher Contextual Advertising
    surface: B2B Media Buy
    selfServe: false
    pricingModel: rfq
    pricing:
      type: Custom
      currency: USD
      notes: |
        Sold via direct sales. Typical engagements are six- and seven-figure
        annual brand-campaign commitments. No CPM rate card is publicly
        listed; performance is reported against benchmark norms (per
        People Inc's advertising page: "Lucid Industry Norm; 146 Campaigns
        2023-2025 (weighted by impressions)").
    contact: advertising@peopleinc.com
    portal: https://www.people.inc/dcipher

  - id: branded-content-and-experiences
    name: Branded Content + Experiences
    surface: B2B Sponsorship
    selfServe: false
    pricingModel: rfq
    pricing:
      type: Custom
      currency: USD
      notes: |
        Marquee experiential franchises include PEOPLE's Red Carpet Access,
        the FOOD & WINE Classic (Aspen + Charleston), Travel + Leisure
        World's Best Summit, Entertainment Weekly's Comic-Con Bash, the
        Southern Living Idea House, the REAL SIMPLE Home, Byrdie Social
        Club, BHG Red Plaid Café, and InStyle Imagemaker Awards.
    contact: advertising@peopleinc.com
    portal: https://www.people.inc/advertising

  - id: awards-and-accolades-licensing
    name: Editorial Award Seal Licensing
    surface: Brand Licensing
    selfServe: false
    pricingModel: rfq
    pricing:
      type: Custom
      currency: USD
      notes: |
        Awards & Accolades team licenses editorial-award seals and mentions
        from People Inc's essential brands for on-package, retail, and
        marketing use.
    contact: licensing@peopleinc.com
    portal: https://www.people.inc/advertising

  - id: brand-licensing
    name: Brand Licensing
    surface: Brand Licensing
    selfServe: false
    pricingModel: rfq
    pricing:
      type: Royalty
      currency: USD
      notes: |
        Wholesale brand licensing for retail goods bearing People Inc brand
        names. Per License Global's Top Licensors Report 2024, People Inc
        is a top global licensor.
    contact: licensing@peopleinc.com

  - id: content-licensing
    name: Editorial Content Licensing
    surface: Content Syndication
    selfServe: false
    pricingModel: rfq
    pricing:
      type: Custom
      currency: USD
      notes: |
        Syndication and reuse rights for People Inc editorial content sold
        on a per-engagement basis. Notably contrasts with the company's
        robots.txt policy against unlicensed AI ingestion — paid licensing
        is the sanctioned ingestion path.
    contact: licensing@peopleinc.com

  - id: targeted-media-health
    name: Targeted Media Health (Point-of-Care)
    surface: Healthcare Marketing
    selfServe: false
    pricingModel: rfq
    pricing:
      type: Custom
      currency: USD
      notes: |
        Point-of-care media and HCP marketing across digital and print
        channels via People Inc's health brand portfolio.
    contact: advertising@peopleinc.com

  - id: media-now-interactive
    name: Media Now Interactive
    surface: Media Planning + Buying
    selfServe: false
    pricingModel: managed-service
    pricing:
      type: Custom
      currency: USD
      notes: |
        Full-service media planning and buying agency operating inside
        People Inc.
    contact: advertising@peopleinc.com

  - id: consumer-magazine-subscriptions
    name: Consumer Magazine Subscriptions
    surface: Direct-To-Consumer
    selfServe: true
    pricingModel: per-title
    pricing:
      type: Subscription
      currency: USD
      notes: |
        Per-title print + digital subscriptions sold via each brand's
        subscription page (PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Real Simple,
        Southern Living, InStyle, EatingWell, Food & Wine, Allrecipes,
        Entertainment Weekly, Parents, Travel + Leisure, etc.). Per
        Wikipedia (2025 figures): "People has approximately 2.2 million
        paid subscribers across print and digital editions, making it one
        of the largest magazine audiences in the United States."
    contact: subscriptions@peopleinc.com

absences:
  - notFound: Self-Serve Developer API Plans
    rationale: |
      People Inc does not sell metered API access to its content. There is
      no developer portal, no API key issuance flow, no published rate card.
  - notFound: Marketplace / App Store
    rationale: |
      No partner marketplace, no third-party app gallery, no integration hub.
  - notFound: Free Developer Tier
    rationale: |
      No free tier exists. All commercial surfaces are RFQ.