Associated press and Reuters pretty much had the reporting game for the English speaking press. Over the years they have been losing ground and CNN has been beating them to the story. Some of the best stories ever written have come from Associated Press.
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Martin Baxter <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I honestly didn't know that anyone still used the AP, Mr Worf, the nature > of newsgathering having done such an earth-sea shift. > > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> This may be the beginning of the end of Associated Press. >> CNN drops Associated Press >> >> By Agence France-Presse <http://rawstory.com/rs/author/raw111/> >> Monday, June 21st, 2010 -- 4:34 pm >> [image: submit to reddit] <http://www.reddit.com/submit> Stumble >> This!<http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Frawstory.com%2Frs%2F2010%2F0621%2Fcnn-drops-press%2F&title=CNN%20drops%20Associated%20Press> >> >> Share<http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Frawstory.com%2Frs%2F2010%2F0621%2Fcnn-drops-press%2F&t=CNN%20drops%20Associated%20Press%20%7C%20Raw%20Story&src=sp> >> 0diggsdigg >> >> [image: CNN drops Associated Press] >> >> >> >> >> WASHINGTON — US television news network CNN said Monday it was dropping >> the US news agency the Associated Press as it expands its own newsgathering >> efforts. >> >> "We will no longer use AP materials or services," Jim Walton, the >> president of CNN Worldwide, said in a memo to CNN staff obtained by Agence >> France-Presse. >> >> Walton said the move was "an important next step in the content-ownership >> process we began in 2007 to more fully leverage CNN's global newsgathering >> investments. >> >> "Starting today, CNN newsgathering will be the primary source of all >> content for all of our platforms and services," he said. "The content we >> offer will be distinctive, compelling and, I am proud to say, our own." >> >> Paul Colford, an AP spokesman, said the news agency, a cooperative which >> is owned by 1,500 daily US newspapers, had been "unable to reach agreement >> with CNN on its license to use our content." >> Story continues below... >> ------------------------------ >> >> "It is unfortunate that CNN's viewers will no longer have access to the >> breaking news and worldwide reporting resources of the Associated Press," >> Colford said in a statement. >> >> Nigel Pritchard, a spokesman for the Time Warner-owned Cable News Network, >> said the contract with the AP runs out at the end of June. >> >> Walton, in his memo to CNN staff, said "less reliance on outside sources >> will mean more to invest in our organization" and "make us more creative, >> resourceful and collaborative journalists and news professionals." >> >> Walton said CNN was launching a new alert system for breaking news and an >> internal platform called "CNN Share" to "aggregate editorial content and >> facilitate easy distribution and sharing." >> >> The AP is one of the world's four leading news agencies along with AFP, >> Reuters and Bloomberg. >> >> The AP posted a 65-percent drop in net profit last year as the struggles >> of the US newspaper industry also impacted on the bottom line of the agency. >> >> Declining print advertising revenue, falling circulation and the migration >> of readers to free news on the Web have led to pressure on the AP from a >> number of US newspapers to cut its rates. >> >> >> -- >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >> Mahogany at: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >> > > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
