If you're your own rightsholder, obviously you can do whatever you want. The NYT archive is one such example. In the more common case where you are not, though

If you're your own rightsholder, obviously you can do whatever you want. The NYT archive is one such example. In the more common case where you are not, though, the law already provides exceptions to copyright for archiving and redistributing materials that are no longer available. This generally only applies to content that isn't audio/video/graphical, but a wider exception is provided specifically for "news" (journalism). If you want to negotiate a contract making such archival exceptions explicit within the contract itself, that's probably not a bad idea. Even if not though, the law provides for archival protections already. Further reading: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/108 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/108