The Associated Press

Type	Non-profit cooperative
Founded	New York City, 1846[1]
Headquarters	New York City
Key people	Tom Curley, President and CEO
Area served	Worldwide
Industry	News media
Products	Wire service
Revenue	▲ $654,186,000 USD 2005[2]
Operating income	▲ $17,959,000 USD 2005[2]
Net income	▲ $18,528,000 USD 2005[2]
Employees	3,700
Website	ap.org

The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage The City of New York The City of New York Thomas A Curley (born 6 July 1948 in Easton Pennsylvania) is an American media executive President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator "The world " is a proper noun for the planet Earth envisioned from an Anthropocentric or Human Worldview, as a place For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" The news media refers to the section of the Mass media that focuses on presenting current News to the public In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need News agency (alternative A news agency is an organization of Journalists established to supply News reports to organizations in the News trade In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been In financial and business Accounting, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT is a measure of a firm's profitability that excludes interest and income tax expenses The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Net income is equal to the Income that a firm has after subtracting costs and Expenses from the total Revenue. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages American media redirects here For the publisher of the same name see American Media (publisher. News agency (alternative A news agency is an organization of Journalists established to supply News reports to organizations in the News trade 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. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and Video to Television receivers in a particular area The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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. The subscription business model is a Business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service

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. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit The cooperative's photograph library consists of more than 10 million images. A photograph (often shortened to photo) is an Image created by Light falling on a light-sensitive surface usually Photographic film or an electronic A library is a collection of information sources resources and services and the structure in which it is housed it is organized for use and maintained by a public body an institution It operates 243 news bureaus and serves 121 countries, with a diverse international staff drawing from all over the world. A News bureau is an office for gathering or distributing News.

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. In Journalism, local news refers to News coverage of events in a local context which would not normally be of interest to those of other localities or otherwise be 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 Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D A masthead is a list usually found on the editorial page of a Newspaper or Magazine, of the members of the newspaper's Editorial board. "

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 inverted pyramid is a Metaphor used to illustrate how information should be arranged or presented within a text in particular within a news story.

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. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson Agence France-Presse ( AFP) is the oldest News agency in the world and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters.

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. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks 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. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 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. To publish is to make content Publicly known. The term is most frequently applied to the distribution of text or images on paper or to the placing of content For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit 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. asap was an Associated Press (AP multimedia news portal targeted at 18-34 year olds The targeted service was discontinued in October 2007. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1].

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. In Business, administration consists of the performance or management of business operations and thus the making or implementing of major decisions The News Media Guild, formerly known as the Wire Service Guild is Local union 31222 of The Newspaper Guild, which is a sector of the Communications Workers of Communications Workers of America (CWA is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States (the union also has locals in Canada

History

The AP was formed in May 1846^[1] by a group of American newspapers that sought to pool resources in order to better collect and report news coming from Europe. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Prior to this, the newspapers had competed by sending reporters out in rowboats to meet ships bringing news from Europe as they arrived in the harbor. The owners of these newspapers realized that they were all paying for essentially the same information and determined it would be more cost effective to have a service collect and pay for all the information once via telegraph. Their new organization originally was named the Harbor News Association; it later was renamed the Associated Press. A driving force in the organization's formation was Moses Yale Beach, publisher of the New York Sun, when he invited other New York publishers to join the Sun in a cooperative venture to cover the Mexican-American War. Moses Yale Beach ( January 15, 1800 – July 1, 1868) was an American inventor and publisher who started the Associated Press Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view The Sun was a New York newspaper that was published from 1833 until 1950 New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The four New York papers that joined in the agreement with the Sun were the Journal of Commerce, the Courier and Enquirer, the Herald, and the Express. The New York Herald was a large distribution Newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924

• 1849: the Harbor News Association opened the first news bureau outside the United States, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to meet ships sailing from Europe before they reached dock in New York. A News bureau is an office for gathering or distributing News. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See also Halifax Nova Scotia See also Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election 2008 Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's
• 1861: Facing censorship in covering the American Civil War, reporters first filed under the anonymous byline "from the Associated Press agent. Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable harmful or sensitive as determined by a censor Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The byline on a Newspaper or Magazine article gives the name and often the position of the writer of the article "
• 1876: Mark Kellogg, a stringer, is the first AP news correspondent to be killed while reporting the news, at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Mark Kellogg (March 31 1831 – June 25 1876 was a Newspaper Reporter killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends The Battle of the Little Bighorn &mdashalso known as Custer's Last Stand, and in the parlance of the relevant Native Americans, the Battle of the Greasy Grass His final dispatch: "I go with (Commander George Armstrong) Custer and will be at the death. "
• 1893: Melville E. Stone becomes the general manager of the reorganized AP, a post he holds until 1921. Melville Elijah Stone ( August 22, 1848 &ndash February 15, 1929) was a newspaper publisher the founder of the Chicago Daily General Manager or GM for short is a descriptive term for certain executives in a Business operation Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Under his leadership, the AP grows to be one of the world's most prominent news agencies.
• 1899: AP uses Guglielmo Marconi's wireless telegraph to cover the America's Cup yacht race off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, the first news test of the new technology. Marchese Guglielmo Marconi mar'koni (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937 was an Italian inventor best known for his development of a Radiotelegraph system The America’s Cup is the most prestigious Regatta and Match race in the sport of Sailing, and the oldest active Trophy in international A yacht is a recreational boat It designates two rather different classes of Watercraft, sailing and power yachts Sandy Hook is a barrier peninsula, approximately 97 kilometers (between 6 and 7 miles in length and 800 meters (0 New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.
• 1914: AP introduces the Teletype, which transmitted directly to printers over telegraph wires. A teleprinter ( Eventually a worldwide network of 60-word-per-minute Teletype machines is built.
• 1919: Upton Sinclair includes a scathing criticism of the AP in his investigative book on contemporary journalism, The Brass Check. Upton Beall Sinclair Jr ( September 20, 1878 &ndash November 25, 1968) was a Pulitzer The Brass Check is a muckraking exposé of American journalism by Upton Sinclair published in 1919
• 1935: AP initiates WirePhoto, the world's first wire service for photographs. Wirephoto or telephotography is the sending of Pictures by Telegraph or Telephone. The first photograph to transfer over the network depicted an airplane crash in Morehouseville, New York, on New Year's Day, 1935. Overview Fixed-wing aircraft range from small training and recreational aircraft to Wide-body aircraft and military cargo aircraft. Morehouse is a Town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous New Year's Day is the first day of the Year. On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome (though Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1938: AP expands to new offices at 50 Rockefeller Plaza (known as "50 Rock") in the newly built Rockefeller Center in New York City, which would remain its headquarters for 68 years; in 2004 it relocated to larger facilities at 450 W. Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in New York City. The City of New York Headquarters (HQ denotes the location where most if not all of the important functions of an organization are concentrated "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " 33rd St. in Manhattan. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York
• 1941: AP expands from print to radio broadcast news.
• 1945: AP Paris bureau chief Edward Kennedy defies an Allied headquarters news blackout to report Nazi Germany’s surrender, touching off a bitter episode that leads to his eventual dismissal by the AP. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Edward Kennedy (c 1905 - November 24, 1963) Scoop The documents for Germany's surrender in World War II were signed on May 7, 1945 The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. Media blackout refers to the Censorship of News related to a certain topic for any number of reasons Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Kennedy maintains that he reported only what German radio already had broadcast.
• 1994: AP launches APTV, a global video newsgathering agency, headquartered in London. Associated Press Television News, known as either AP Television News or APTN, is a global video news agency London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 2004: The AP moves its headquarters from 50 Rock to W. 33rd St.
• 2008: Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley states that shadow of the September 11 terror attacks is eclipsing press freedom and other constitutional safeguards in the United States. Thomas A Curley (born 6 July 1948 in Easton Pennsylvania) is an American media executive ^[3]

AP Sports Polls

Main article: AP Poll

The Associated Press Building in New York City. The City of New York (The AP moved from this building in 2004. )

The AP is known for its Associated Press polls on numerous college sports in the United States. College athletics refers primarily to Sports and athletic competition organized and funded by institutions of tertiary education ( Colleges or universities The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The AP polls ranking the top 25 NCAA Division I (Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision) college football and NCAA Division I men's and women's college basketball teams are the most well known. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies College basketball most often refers to the American Basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA The AP composes the polls by collecting and compiling the top-25 votes of numerous designated sports journalists. The AP poll of college football was particularly notable for many years because it helped determine the ranking of teams at the end of the regular season for the collegiate Bowl Championship Series until the AP, citing conflict of interest, asked for the poll to be removed from the bowl series. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS) is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA FBS Bowl Subdivision System an opportunity to compete in a "national Beginning in the 2005 season, the Harris Interactive College Football Poll took the AP's place in the bowl series formula. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Harris Interactive College Football Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision College football teams The AP poll is the longest serving national poll in college football, having begun in 1936. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Each year on 31 March the AP announces the winner of the NCAA Men's basketball "player of the year" (POY) award. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor

Associated Press Television News

In 1994, London-based Associated Press Television (APTV) was founded to provide agency news material to television broadcasters. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Other existing providers of such material at the time were Reuters Television and Worldwide Television News (WTN). This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson

In 1998, APTV left the Associated Press building in the Central London and merged with WTN to create Associated Press Television News (APTN) in the existing WTN building in North London. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The term Central London refers to the districts of London England which are considered closest to the centre Associated Press Television News, known as either AP Television News or APTN, is a global video news agency North London is the northern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes

Controversies

Jamil Hussein

Main article: Jamil Hussein controversy

Some questions were raised about the legitimacy of police captain Jamil Hussein as a source for AP reporting of sectarian violence in Iraq. The Jamil Hussein controversy refers to an allegation by conservative Bloggers including Michelle Malkin, that a massacre the Associated Press The Jamil Hussein controversy refers to an allegation by conservative Bloggers including Michelle Malkin, that a massacre the Associated Press For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. On January 4, 2007 the Iraqi Interior Ministry recognized Jamil as an active member of the Baghdad police force, and said he faces arrest for talking to journalists. The Ministry of Interior (MoI in Iraq handles policing and border enforcement Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force Ministry spokesman Abdul Karim Khalaf, who had previously denied the existence of Hussein, acknowledged that the officer was assigned to the Khadra police station. ^[4]

Christopher Newton

The Associated Press fired Washington, D.C. bureau reporter Christopher Newton in September 2002, accusing him of fabricating at least 40 people and organizations since 2000. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Some of the nonexistent agencies quoted in his stories included "Education Alliance," the "Institute for Crime and Punishment in Chicago," "Voice for the Disabled," and "People for Civil Rights. "^[5]

Governance

The Associated Press is governed by an elected board of directors.

• William Dean Singleton, Chairman and CEO, MediaNews Group, Denver, Colorado
• Tom Curley, President & CEO
• R. William Dean Singleton (born August 1, 1951) is the chairman of the board of directors of the Associated Press, on which he has sat since 1999 A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator MediaNews Group, based in Denver Colorado, is one of the largest Newspaper companies in the United States. The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Thomas A Curley (born 6 July 1948 in Easton Pennsylvania) is an American media executive Jack Fishman, Publisher and Managing editor, Citizen Tribune, Morristown, Tennessee
• Dennis J. A managing editor is a senior member of a publication's management team Morristown is a city in and the County seat of Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. FitzSimons, Chairman President and CEO, Tribune Company, Chicago, Illinois
• Walter E. The Tribune Company is a large American Multimedia Corporation based in Chicago Illinois. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Hussman Jr. , Publisher, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas
• Julie Inskeep, Publisher, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Boisfeuillet (Bo) Jones, Publisher and CEO, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
• Mary Junck, President and CEO, Lee Enterprises, Davenport, Iowa
• David Lord, President, Pioneer Newspapers, Seattle, Washington
• Kenneth W. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, commonly abbreviated locally as the Dem-Gaz, Demgaz or DemoZet, is a daily newspaper published in Little Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. The Journal Gazette is the morning Newspaper in Fort Wayne Indiana. Fort Wayne is a City in northeastern Indiana, United States and the County seat of Allen The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union Boisfeuillet (Bo Jones Jr (first name pronounced /ˈboʊfəleɪ/ was publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post, succeeded by Katharine The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Lee Enterprises ( is a publicly traded American media company Davenport is a City along the Mississippi River in the American state of Iowa. The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. Flight Lieutenant David Samuel Anthony Lord VC DFC (18 October 1913 &ndash 19 September 1944 was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Lowe, President and CEO, E.W. Scripps Company, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Douglas H. The EW Scripps Company ( is an American Media conglomerate founded by Edward W Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads McCorkindale, Chairman, Gannett, MacLean, Virginia
• R. Gannett Company Inc ( is a publicly-traded media Holding company based in the United States. McLean (pronounced "mick-CLANE") is an Unincorporated community located in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state John Mitchell, Publisher, Rutland Herald, Rutland, Vermont
• Steven O. The Rutland Herald is the second largest daily newspaper in the U Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Newhouse, Chairman, Advance.Net, New York, New York
• Gary Pruitt, Chairman, President and CEO, The McClatchy Company, Sacramento, California
• Michael E. Advance Publications Inc, is an American media company owned by the descendants of S The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The McClatchy Company is an American Publishing company based in Sacramento California, that operates a number of Newspapers and Websites California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Reed, CEO, Liberty Group Publishing, Inc. , Downer's Grove, Illinois
• Bruce T. Downers Grove is a Suburb located west of Chicago in DuPage County, Illinois. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Reese, President and CEO, Bonneville International, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Jon Rust, Publisher, Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
• Jay R. Smith, President, Cox Newspapers, Atlanta, Georgia
• David Westin, President, ABC News, New York, New York
• H. History Bonneville International was formed with approval of the LDS First Presidency in 1964. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee Jay R Smith ( August 29, 1915 - October 5, 2002) was an American former Child actor who replaced Mickey Daniels Cox Enterprises is the successor to the Publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule David Westin is currently the president of ABC News (since March 6 1997) This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Graham Woodlief, President, Publishing Division, Media General, Richmond, Virginia [2]

Web resource

The AP's multi-topic structure has lent itself well to web portals, such as Yahoo, msn. Media General Inc. is a Media company based in the Southeastern United States. This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state com, etc, which all have news pages which constantly need to be updated. Often, such portals will rely on AP and other news services as their first source for news coverage of breaking news items. Yahoo's "Top News" page gives the AP top visibility out of any news outlet. This has been of major impact to the AP's public image and role, as it gives new credence to the AP's continual mission of having staff for covering every area of news fully and promptly. The AP is also the news service used on the Nintendo Wii's News Channel. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on The Wii Menu is the top level menu interface of the Wii game console In 2007 Google announced it was paying for Associated Press content displayed in Google News. Google News is an automated News aggregator provided by Google Inc ^[6]

See also

• Hal Buell — former head of Photography Service (photo director) at AP. Hal Buell is the former head of the Photography Service (photography director at the Associated Press.
• Cork Graham - war correspondent and photographer for AP. Cork Graham (born November 29, 1964) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Film producer, director, Actor, A war correspondent is a Journalist who covers stories firsthand from a war zone.
• Joe Rosenthal — war photographer for AP. Joseph John Rosenthal ( October 9 1911 &ndash August 20 2006) was an American Photographer who received the Pulitzer
• Brian Murphy — religion writer for AP. Brian Murphy (born 1959 is the US Religion editor at the Associated Press and the author of a number of non-fiction books on religion including "The

References

External links

• Associated Press
• News from The Associated Press
• Article about AP by the Poynter Institute
• AP leaves 50 Rock for West 33rd Street Headquarters, August 19, 2004. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Accessed on October 2, 2006. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ]
• Breaking News: How the Associated Press has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else, Reporters of the Associated Press, Foreword by David Halberstam, (Princeton Architectural Press: 2007)