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| Michelle Williams becomes South regional director for the Associated Press (AP), effective May 2012. She continues in her role as the AP's South Atlantic bureau chief. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, May 17, 2012 |
| Associated Press (AP) Apologizes for Firing Reporter Who Broke News that WWII Was Over
-- As World War II wound down, Associated Press (AP) reporter Edward Kennedy broke the news that Germany had surrendered unconditionally --- a scoop that broke a pledge Kennedy and 16 other reporters had made to withhold the news until advised by Allied... |
| The Associated Press (AP) promotes Vijay Joshi to assistant editor for Asia Pacific coverage, based in Bangkok and effective April 2012. Joshi previously served as chief of the AP's Kuala Lumpur office in Malaysia. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, April 27, 2012 |
| Ted Anthony is now editor at large for the Associated Press (AP). He previously worked as an assistant managing editor overseeing the AP News Center, and, prior to that, wrote for AP's news service. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, April 12, 2012 |
| How Many Newspapers Actually Have Paywalls?
-- The Nieman Journalism Lab says that it can be difficult to measure something that keeps on growing -- like the number of newspapers that use paywalls. But when one source, the Pew Research Center’s Project for... |
| Gary Pruitt Named President and CEO of Associated Press (AP)
-- Pruitt, the chairman, president and CEO of the McClatchy Company, succeeds Tom Curley, who earlier this year announced his retirement after leading the news organization for nine years. William Dean Singleton, outgoing... |
| Associated Press (AP) Sues Meltwater News for Copyright Infringement
-- February 14, 2012: The AP says that Meltwater is a modern-day electronic clipping service that uses unlicensed verbatim AP content while guaranteeing “no copyright fees." The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern... |
| Associated Press (AP) Appoints Mary Junck Board Chairman
-- January 26, 2012: The chairman and CEO of Lee Enterprises, Inc., which recently announced plans to exit bankruptcy, succeeds William Dean Singleton, chairman of MediaNews Group, Inc., who finished a five-year term as... |
| Associated Press (AP) CEO Tom Curley Announces Retirement
-- Curley, president and CEO of the Associated Press (AP) since 2003, will step down this year, the organization announced on January 23, 2012. The AP board of directors has already undertaken a search for Curley's... |
| Associated Press First to Open Full-Time Bureau in North Korea
-- January 16, 2012: The bureau, staffed with full time employees and headquartered in the capital of Pyongyang, will supply text and photo content. Along with the Associated Press (AP)'s video newsgathering arm, Associated Press... |
| The Associated Press (AP) appointed Eric Carvin social media editor, effective January 2012. He previously served as news producer of Nerve Center there. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, January 9, 2012 |
| AP, 28 News Organizations Launch NewsRight Licensing Company
-- NewsRight, a spinoff of the Associated Press (AP)'s News Licensing Group (NLG), officially began operations on January 5, 2011. The AP and 28 other investors joined forces in what is described as an effort "to support original... |
| Associated Press (AP) Names Top Stories for 2011
-- The killing of Osama bin Laden took the top spot on the list, followed by Japan's triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident. Arab Spring, the EU Fiscal Crisis and the Penn State sex abuse scandal also... |
| New AP Tool Automatically Edits Your Writing
-- AP StyleGuard works with Microsoft Word to provide automatic checking of documents according to the Associated Press (AP)'s style guidelines -- for, naturally, a price. A one-year subscription to StyleGuard... |
| Press Club Demands Investigation into Attacks on Journalists
-- The National Press Club called on the Indian government to investigate charges that reporters were beaten in Indian-controlled Kashmir and to prevent similar attacks from occurring again. NPC president Mark Hamrick issued a... |
| Associated Press, Newspapers Join Forces with Mobile Coupons
-- According to a report published September 18, 2011 by the Guardian newspaper's paidContent.org, the Associated Press (AP) and 40 newspapers have teamed up to create an app within an app: "The new mobile initiative, dubbed... |
| Associated Press (AP) and Corbis Images Join Forces
-- The cross-distribution partnership, announced August 23, 2011, is intended to provide customers access to more than 10 million images covering a wide range of breaking news, sports and entertainment, archival and creative... |
| The Associated Press (AP) appointed Kasie Hunt lead political reporter, effective August 2011. She previously worked as a congressional reporter for Politico. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, August 18, 2011 |
| Associated Press (AP) to Link Back to Scoop Sources
-- Starting August 1, 2011, the AP will include a link back to the original story when the AP picks it up for rewriting and distribution. In the past, the AP would pick up local stories for state or national distribution,... |
| May 31, 2011 -- Liz Sidoti is now political editor at Associated Press (AP). She was previously chief political writer there. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, June 1, 2011 |
| -- May 16, 2011 -- Rukmini Callimachi is now West Africa bureau chief at Associated Press (AP). Callimachi was previously a West Africa correspondent. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, May 16, 2011 |
| -- May 10, 2011 -- John Mancini is now assistant managing editor at Associated Press (AP), supervising overnight operations at Manhattan headquarters. He was previously in a similar position at Newsday. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, May 10, 2011 |
| Obama at Ground Zero: 'We Will Never Forget'
-- On May 5, 2011, President Barack Obama laid a wreath at New York's Ground Zero, site of the outdoor memorial where the twin towers of the World Trade Center once stood. The visit came just days after Obama... |
| -- April 15, 2011 -- David Westin is now chief executive officer for the news licensing group at Associated Press (AP). The group will license the wire service's content for online use. Westin was previously president at ABC News. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, April 15, 2011 |
| Performers' Union Rallies Support for AP Workers
-- On April 11, 2011, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) sent an email to its members encouraging them to join AP workers in nationwide protest rallies scheduled for April 12. From the... |
| AP Is First News Organization to Use ‘Do Not Track’ on Large Scale
-- On March 31, 2011, the Guardian newspaper's paidContent.org reported on the news giant's promise to honor user tracking preferences: "Both Mozilla and Microsoft are putting Do Not Track “headers” in their new web browsers; of course,... |
| -- March 21, 2011 -- Amanda Barrett is now New York City news editor at Associated Press (AP). She was previously deputy east editor there. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, March 23, 2011 |
| Associated Press (AP) Reject's Union's Pension Plan Proposal
-- On March 16, 2011, the News Media Guild, which represents approximately 1,250 AP journalists and technicians, reported on the rejection: "The Guild’s revision to its “fixed cost” pension plan would save AP at least $1.6 million... |
| Associated Press (AP) Sued Over Bomb Video
-- Production company accuses news service of unlawfully redistributing video to other news outlets, Adweek Magazine reported on March 8, 2011: "Ken Petretti Production, whose clients include ESPN, Lucas Films... |
| Broadway Stars Honor Memory of Associated Press (AP) Theater Critic
-- Tribute to Michael Kuchwara raised funds for Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, the PFF announced on March 3, 2011: "Friends and colleagues of Associated Press theater critic Michael Kuchwara honored his memory with a musical tribute of... |
| Ongo Launches Personal News Service
-- Trusted titles brought together in a single service accessible from any web-enabled device, the company announced on January 25, 2011: "Ongo Inc. today launched Ongo, a personal news service that gives... |
| -- January 13, 2011 -- David McHugh is now Europe economics writer at Associated Press (AP). He was previously business editor there. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, January 17, 2011 |
| The Associated Press Brings Online Viewers Access to the 2011 Awards Season
-- January 10, 2011 -- The Associated Press brings online viewers the excitement of the Oscars, Grammys and the Golden Globes with coverage of the 2011 Awards Season on AP Live, which offers two months of entertainment news, interviews, and live... |
| Pilgrims, Clergy Come to Bethlehem for Christmas, the Associated Press (AP)
reported on December 24, 2010: "The traditional birthplace of Jesus is celebrating its merriest Christmas in years, as tens of thousands of tourists thronged Bethlehem on Friday for the annual holiday festivities in this biblical West Bank... |
| Associated Press (AP) Cancels Internship Program
-- From an article in the New York Observer on December 13, 2010: "The Associated Press has canceled their internship programs for 2011. AP Director of Media Relations Paul Colford wrote in an e-mail: 'The... |
| Proposed Associated Press (AP) Project: Mapping Wikileaks
-- The New York Observer reported on December 10, 2010: "For every reporter, concerned citizen or hard-core anarchist who has stared into the abyss of the WikiLeaks cache and wondered "What do I even search for?" the Associated... |
| UNITY Calls on Associated Press (AP) to Save the Internship Program, Invest in the Future
-- Source: UNITY: Journalists of Color -- December 8, 2010 -- The president of UNITY: Journalists of Color calls on The Associated Press to reconsider abandoning its internship program. AP officials have confirmed that the news service's internship program... |
| -- November 23, 2010 -- Brian Hopman is now general manager of the Latin American and Spanish media markets at Associated Press (AP). He was previously regional director for broadcast markets in Latin America and the southeastern U.S. there. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, November 24, 2010 |
| -- November 16, 2010 -- Ellen Gibson is now retailing reporter and Francesca Levy money and markets reporter at Associated Press (AP). Gibson was previously with Bloomberg News, while Levy was with Forbes Magazine. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, November 16, 2010 |
| Associated Press: AP announces editorial guidelines for credit and attribution
-- From a September 1, 2010 memo to staff from the AP's Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes for standards and production: "In the age of the Web, the sourcing and reliability of information has become ever more crucial. So it is more important... |
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