Associated Press
Wire Service | Mainstream
The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the world's largest such organization. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers and broadcast stations in the United States, who both contribute stories to it and use material written by its staffers. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers -- that is, they pay a fee to use AP material but are not members of the cooperative. As of 2005, AP's news is used by 1,700 newspapers, in addition to 5,000 television and radio outlets. Its photo library consists of over 10 million ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
Overview
Media:
Online, Wire Service
Audience:
Very large audience (1M or more) (English)
Scope:
International
Political Viewpoint:
Neutral viewpoint
Owners:
Cooperative of Newspapers, including Gannett, Tribune, Media News, etc. | other | Managers: Burl Osborne, Tom Curley
Research
Contact Info:
Contact Web Form,
Location:
450 W. 33rd St., New York, NY, New York, NY 10001, US
Editorial
Edited By:
Jon Mitchell
Last Edit:
Mar 4, 2011 - 12:57 PM PST
Story Stats
Top Topics:
U.S. (1256), Politics (1173), World (987), Business (627), Sci/Tech (462), Health (237), Bush Administration (216), Presidential Election 2008 (208), Living (190), Obama Administration (179), Local (179), Media (157), Environment (151), Community (139), U.S. Economy (137)...
Top Authors:
Associated Press (58), Matt Apuzzo (22), Laurie Kellman (20), Liz Sidoti (19), Pete Yost (19), Anne Flaherty (16), Ap (16), Jennifer Loven (15), Seth Borenstein (15), Jim Kuhnhenn (14), Andrew Taylor (14), Nedra Pickler (14), Dina Cappiello (14), Martin Crutsinger (13), David Espo (12)...
Top Formats:
News Report (1556), News (421), Special Report (117), News Analysis (101), Opinion (49), Breaking News (42), Investigative Report (25), Poll (19), Interview (6), Fact Check (5), Other (5), Speech (3), Research (3), Review (3), Comment (2)...
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APNewsBreak: Energy Dept. backs Texas LNG plan
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Energy Department has given conditional approval to a Texas company that wants to export liquefied natural gas, the second LNG export project the Obama ...via NewsRack -
Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation's new energy secretary....via NewsRack -
Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans
MUMBAI, India (AP) -- In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws. A ...via NewsRack -
Only 2 of 13 small SUVs do well in crash tests
DETROIT (AP) -- Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group. Several popular models fared poorly....via NewsRack -
Quotations of the day
"If, in fact, IRS personnel engaged in the kind of practices that had been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, then that's outrageous and there's ...via NewsRack -
Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe
The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called ...Posted by Ellie Kesselman -
Pakistan's next premier an Islamist comeback kid
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The man set to become Pakistan's next prime minister after historic elections over the weekend could be called the Islamist comeback kid....via NewsRack -
UN: Eat more insects; good for you, good for world
ROME (AP) -- The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now....via NewsRack -
IRS: TOP OFFICIAL FIRST TOLD OF TARGETING IN 2012
Stephen Ohlemacher / bigstory.ap.org: IRS: TOP OFFICIAL FIRST TOLD OF TARGETING IN 2012 — You are here — Home » United States Congress » IRS: Top official first ...via Memeorandum -
Richland freshman vies in national science fair
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) -- A freshman from Richland High School is competing this week in a national science fair in Phoenix....via NewsRack
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