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    The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staffers. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributive members of the cooperative.

    As of 2005, the AP's news is published and republished by more than 1,700 newspapers, in addition to more than 5,000 television and radio broadcasters. The cooperative's photograph library consists of more than 10 million images. It operates 243 news bureaus and serves 121 countries, with a diverse international staff drawing from all over the world.

    As part of their cooperative agreement with the Associated Press, most member news organizations grant automatic permission for the AP to distribute their local news reports. For example, on page two of every edition of The Washington Post, the newspaper's masthead includes the statement, "The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and all local news of spontaneous origin published herein."

    The AP Stylebook has become the de facto standard for newswriting in the United States. The AP employs a straightforward, "just-the-facts" writing style, often using the "inverted pyramid formula" for writing that enables news outlets to edit a story to fit its available publication space without losing the story's essential meaning and news information.

    The demise of AP's traditional rival, United Press International, as a major American competitor in 1993 left the AP as the only nationally oriented news service based in the United States. Its other rival English-language news services, such as Reuters and the English language service of Agence France-Presse, are based outside the United States.

    The explosive growth of online media and news outlets upon the arrival of the Internet has posed a threat to the AP's financial structure. During its annual meeting on April 18, 2005, the organization announced that, as of 2006, it would for the first time begin charging separate fees for posting articles and images online. News outlets that purchased AP news, sports, business and entertainment coverage for traditional publication or broadcast previously had been allowed to also post that material online at no extra cost. The cooperative later backed down from this plan and, in a bid to reach more readers, launched asap, a service aimed toward 18- to 34-year-olds. The targeted service was discontinued in October 2007. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AP_ASAP?SITE=AP&SECTION;=HOME&TEMPLATE;=DEFAULT&CTIME;=2007-07-27-18-24-41].

    AP's American employees, except for a small group classified by the organization as administrative, are represented by the News Media Guild and the Communication Workers of America.

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    2. Curation vs. Creation: Why Content Curation Benefits Everyone

      Explore Snoo.ws (Sep 24 2011) Social Media

      Curation vs. Creation: Why Content Curation Benefits Everyone ...s. In fact, the co-founder of the curation tool Storify, Burt Herman, worked as a reporter for the Associated Press for 12 years. Whereas in a traditional newsroom, reports are limited by the beat or topics for whic... (Read Full Article)

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    3. Can @Publish2 Change the Way Newspapers Share Content?

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      ... its goal to help newspapers save money by using its content-sharing platform instead of paying for Associated Press content, a spate of dramatic, David-and-Goliath headlines followed. But as Publish2 CEO Scott Karp ... (Read Full Article)

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    4. Here's What's Really Going On In Online Media Consumption. by Steve @Magnify. Great Analysis

      Explore Business Insider (Jun 29 2010) Marketing , Newspapers

      Here's What's Really Going On In Online Media Consumption. by Steve @Magnify. Great Analysis ...t Comparison #4: Cable News Wire Services In this category, Reuters, MSNBC, CNBC, Bloomberg and the Associated Press provide an interesting lens into web visitor behavior. As the Associated Press continues to limit its distribution with a variety of fee-based offerings, Reuters.com is growing i... (Read Full Article)

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    5. Topic Pages: How to Avoid the Race to the Bottom | An excellent post from Content Strategies Blog.

      Explore The Content Strategies Blog (May 11 2010)

      Topic Pages: How to Avoid the Race to the Bottom | An excellent post from Content Strategies Blog. ...f all the above. Also, choosing topics wisely can help cut down on false positives (i.e. a topic on Associated Press in a system using keyword search will likely result in thousands of articles each day due to the by... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   New York   Associated Press   Scott Karp

    6. HuffPo at 5: attracting millions of readers and cash | Media News

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      ... paid staff of 70 reporters and editors, some 6,000 bloggers writing for free, and content from The Associated Press (they’re a paying customer) and other media companies—is considerably greater. It’s a low cost, hig... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Huffington Post   New York Times   AOL

    7. Is permission needed to retweet hot news? Ars Technica Review by Nate Anderson

      Explore Ars Technica (Apr 8 2010) Newspapers

      Is permission needed to retweet hot news? Ars Technica Review by Nate Anderson ...rguing that they dilute the value of their own work. Case in point: last month, Laura Malone of the Associated Press appeared at a Federal Trade Commission conference on the future of news and told the assembled audi... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   New York Times   New York   Associated Press

    8. A Rant: “Is permission needed to retweet hot news?” Joe Ross reviews Ars Technica article on #curating hot news

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      ...g my friends to their crazy-awesome stories. The person mentioned in this Ars Technica article, the Associated Press’ Laura Malone, explains why the content creators need the option of setting parameters that would c... (Read Full Article)

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    9. Federal court decision shows 'hot news' doctrine still persists. A threat for content curation?

      Explore First Amendment Coalition (Mar 23 2010) Social Media

      ... unfair competition that dates back to the Supreme Court’s 1918 case, International News Service v. Associated Press, 248 U.S. 215 (1918), which involved unauthorized re-publication of wire service reports. Contrary ... (Read Full Article)

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    10. What To Learn From News Media's Survival?

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      What To Learn From News Media's Survival? ...deo Network. (3) A literacy video channel: e.g. Harpercollins. (4) The video wire service: e.g. AP (Associated Press). (5) Standardizing ad formats: e.g. French ad giant, Publicis Group. 3) Customized delivery is als... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Huffington Post   Associated Press   Curation

    11. AP is Visionary: They See a "Siteless Web" - The Steve Rubel ...

      Explore The Steve Rubel Lifestream (Feb 21 2010) Newspapers , Social Media

      AP is Visionary: They See a "Siteless Web" - The Steve Rubel ... The AP is now changing the game for news by not only going where attention spirals are taking us but by also using their content to curate a conversation on Facebook and - above all - build relationships. ... Even though you could create a remarkably efficient news gathering and publishing network using social media, where's the point of purchase? How does being on Facebook benefit AP the business? AP is not ... (Read Full Article)

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