An "exclusive agency" agreement reserves to the homeowner the right to sell during the exclusive period through his or her own private contacts and efforts.

CBS did not bid because ABC is in an exclusive period for renewing its deal.

The exclusive period is the time given to companies in Chapter 11 to devise their own reorganization plans.

The Nets can keep Martin off the free-agent market by signing him before Oct. 31, when their exclusive period for negotiating with him ends.

A. Another significant change is that the exclusive period for management to come up with a reorganization plan has been cut.

Aug. 15 is the first day of an exclusive 45-day period when one partner can ditch the other two and end the deal, or work out a new contract.

Last month, a bankruptcy judge gave it a 75-day extension of its exclusive period to file a reorganization plan.

The exclusive period for teams to negotiate with their free agent-eligible players was cut from 15 days to five.

ESPN had an exclusive period through Monday to make a post-season deal before baseball could open up talks with Turner.

In these situations, you simply have to wait your turn until the blessed news outlet's exclusive period runs out.