Associated Press

The Associated Press Cautions Staffers on Retweeting

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:40:34 -0400

Full article: Yahoo! News
Dylan Stableford
Reporters for major media outlets who also tweet commonly include a disclaimer in their Twitter profiles stipulating that retweets do not equal endorsements. But that's not enough for the Associated Press, which issued an updated set of social media guidelines with a new section addressing the dangers of retweeting without context.

AP to Open North Korean Bureau

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:44:53 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
George Winslow
The Associated Press has inked two memos of understanding and a contract with the Korea Central News Agency that will expand AP's access in North Korea and lead to the opening of an AP news bureau in the country's capital Pyongyang.

The Associated Press's Case for Releasing the Bin Laden Photo

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 10 May 2011 11:24:23 -0400

Full article: The Atlantic
John Hudson
The Associated Press has filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the photographic and video evidence taken during the raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The organization's FOIA request included a reminder of the president's campaign pledge and a plea to be more transparent than his predecessor. Two days later, the president said that he would not release any of the footage related to the raid.

Newspapers Now Provide Only 20 Percent of AP Revenue

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:00:24 -0400

Full article: Poynter
Rick Edmonds
Revenues from newspapers have fallen by about one-third at the Associated Press since 2008, from $220 million a year to about $140 million in 2010, and now make up just over 20 percent of the organization's total revenue.

Minnesota AP's 'If It Bleeds, It Leads' Guidelines Criticized

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:49:44 -0400

Full article: Minnesota Independent
Andy Birkey
Save the News, a media reform project of Free Press, criticized the Minnesota Associated Press for story submission guidelines that focus on calamities like train wrecks, car accidents and tornadoes -- with the more death the better.

A.P. Wouldn't Have Shared Images of Koran Burning

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:57:05 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter
Though a fringe pastor in Gainesville, Fla., has suspended plans to burn Korans, the Associated Press wire service said that it would not have shared any images of a Koran being burned.

AP: Yeah, We'd Better Cite Pajama-Wearing Bloggers, Too

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:37:26 -0400

Full article: Ars Technica
Nate Anderson
The Associated Press didn't need any help from a bunch of unshowered bloggers pecking away at their keyboards from the basement offices in which they play "reporter," thank you very much. Now it knows better.

Google, AP Strike Content Deal for Google News

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:37:43 -0400

Full article: eWeek.com
Clint Boulton
Google has struck a new content distribution deal with the Associated Press to host the publisher's content on Google News and other properties. Google and the AP declined to reveal financial terms of the new deal.

CNN Drops AP Service to Focus on Own Newsgathering

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:23:06 -0400

Full article: Bloomberg News
Time Warner's CNN, the 24-hour cable news network, stopped using the Associated Press service and materials to focus on its internal newsgathering efforts.

It's Official: CNN Drops AP Subscription

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:19:14 -0400

Full article: TVNewser
Alex Weprin
As rumored last month, CNN has gone ahead and is dropping its subscription to the Associated Press, effective immediately. CNN's own newsgathering operation will be the primary source of content on CNN, CNN.com and CNN Radio.