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. (1257), Politics (1174), 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 (422), 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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College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds
SWARTHMORE, Pa. (AP) -- In an effort to slow the pace of climate change, students at more than 200 colleges are asking their schools to stop investing in fossil fuel companies....via NewsRack -
Complaint accuses Exxon Mobil of anti-gay bias
NEW YORK (AP) -- One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from ...via NewsRack -
Chesapeake names Anadarko executive as new CEO
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Chesapeake Energy has named Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO....via NewsRack -
South Africa: Mandela name pulled into politics
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he ...via NewsRack -
Tea party looks to take advantage of moment
Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.Posted by Pamela Hogle -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
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