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

Monday, 29 September 2008, 21:29

"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."

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New York Times: Bits: How to Save Local Newspapers: Cellphones

Sunday, 27 July 2008, 06:39

"Verve Wireless’s mission is to save the local paper by making it mobile. It provides publishers with the technology to create mobile Web sites, so readers can read the paper on their cell phones."

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 Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 13:34 Comments

"the Associated Press revealed today that it sent a team of ethnographers around the world to see if young folks consume news differently on their laptops and iPhones than their parents did in print and on TV. And, by golly, they do."

 Saturday, 12 April 2008, 07:49 Comments

"The Associated Press has launched a new syndication feature for members of its Online Video Network (OVN), enabling uploaded video to be shared with the rest of the network."

 Thursday, 13 March 2008, 17:00 Comments

"This site displays the Associated Press U.S. National, Sports, Business, Technology and "Strange" news stories on top of Google Maps. The city/state from each news story is translated to a latitude/longitude point [and] then plotted on the map."

 Thursday, 13 March 2008, 16:59 Comments

Amy Gahran points out some impressive news maps and calls for more examples.

 Monday, 6 August 2007, 15:02 Comments

"One year after Google acknowledged signing a licensing deal with The Associated Press to launch new Google features and services, the promised offerings haven’t been delivered."

 Sunday, 29 July 2007, 17:36 Comments

"U.S. newspapers are saddled with powerful brands that say all the wrong things to a changing marketplace. Yesterday’s news, weak writing, poor storytelling."

 Thursday, 28 June 2007, 07:26 Comments

"Ted Anthony talks to OJR about how the AP is trying, through its asap portal, to meet the needs of readers who want to access information in different ways."