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About Associated Press

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.

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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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    Explore Article Forbes.com (Jan 13 2010) SMS

    ...oney will be passed onto the Red Cross although standard text messaging rates apply. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   AT&T   Associated Press

  3. Maine, SF Consider Cell Phone Cancer Labels

    Explore Article eweek.com (Jan 4 2010) Americas

    ... science, and the views of impartial health organizations," CTIA spokesman John Walls told the Associated Press. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   New York Times   Associated Press

  4. The Associated Press Offers Platform To Publishers For Building Mobile Apps

    Explore Article mocoNews (Nov 5 2009) Mobile Applications , Smartphones , Americas

    The Associated Press Offers Platform To Publishers For Building Mobile Apps The Associated Press said today it will start helping publishers build mobile apps for a wide variety for platforms, inc... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   Android   Nokia

  5. Mobile apps: To charge or not to charge?

    Explore Article TELEPHONY Online (Sep 30 2009) Mobile Applications , Smartphones

    ...e anomalies amongst their peers. Most news outlets – including NPR, Thomson-Reuters, Time Magazine, Associated Press and the Financial Times – offer their mobile apps free of charge, and – given the competition – it ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   Nielsen   Blackberry

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    Explore Article News from Canada and the world (Sep 9 2009) SMS , Americas

    Social StudiesGlobe and MailSource: Associated Press Neil Papworth, an engineer with Airwide Solutions, sent the world's first text message from a c... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Airwide Solutions   Technology   Associated Press

  7. Sprint: Prepaid Cell Service Profitable

    Explore Article InformationWeek (Aug 11 2009)

    Sprint: Prepaid Cell Service Profitable ...000 contract customers last quarter while picking up 938,000 prepaid ones. In an interview with the Associated Press, Hesse said only a "low single-digit percent" of prepaid users came from the carrier'... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   InformationWeek   Sprint Nextel   Associated Press

  8. Apple fixing iPhone MS security hole

    Explore Article Technology News (Jul 6 2009) Mobile Security , SMS

    Apple fixing iPhone MS security hole ...ondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   Apple   Associated Press

  9. Jackson death was twittered, texted and Facebooked

    Explore Article philly.com (Jun 29 2009) SMS

    Jackson death was twittered, texted and Facebooked ... whatever device was at hand. Jackson death was twittered, texted and Facebooked JOCELYN NOVECK The Associated Press NEW YORK - "Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson has just died," the woman called out br... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   AT&T   Twitter   Google

  10. Boost Mobile Overwhelmed By Texters

    Explore Article InformationWeek (May 1 2009) SMS

    Boost Mobile Overwhelmed By Texters ... us off guard. It overwhelmed our system," a Boost spokesman said in an interview with the The Associated Press. The success of Boost's plan is a clear signal that wireless users are looking to cut costs in ... (Read Full Article)

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