Category Archives: Associated Press

New York Times: Bits Blog : The A.P.’s Real Enemies Are Its Customers

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"[T]he real problem is that the A.P.’s view doesn’t take into account what those accused of being news pirates are stealing. They aren’t depriving record companies of $15 CD sales. At worst, they are depriving paying A.P. customers of the opportunity to show people the same articles free, earning rather meager ad revenue."

PaidContent.org: Interview: Dean Singleton, AP Chairman: Setting ‘The Rules Of Engagement’

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Dean Singleton, tells Staci Kramer: "I think our industry has been very timid about protecting our content, probably because we’ve done so well in the past few years that we didn’t recognize that misappropriation is as serious an issue as it is. As we’re now relooking at business models, it’s become clear that we must protect the rights of our content. ... We perhaps have been timid about enforcing [those rights]. No more."

The Economist: Why news agencies are thriving

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"A few struggling newspaper groups have stopped subscribing to newswires. Many others, having cut their own newsrooms, have become more dependent than ever on regurgitating agency copy. The proliferation of news websites, hungry for content, but lacking staff to produce it themselves, has also boosted the agencies"

Editor & Publisher: Newspapers in Northeast Pursue a Content-Sharing ‘Consortium’

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"Top executives and editors from several major dailies in the Northeast, dissatisfied with The Associated Press, met recently to discuss the formation of a content-sharing agreement that in several cases would serve in place of their AP agreements, E&P has learned from top executives at three of the papers."

ReadWriteWeb: AP: The Modern Newsroom Looks Like a Little RSS Reader

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"Today the Associated Press announced that more than 500 newspapers are using their service called the AP Member Marketplace. ... The AP Marketplace interface looks like a sophisticated, multi-media RSS reader but with limited sources. Publishers set up a workflow that lets editors send selected media items directly from the reader out onto the paper's website."