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The Associated Press is an American news agency. 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 staff journalists. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative.

As of 2005, the news collected by the AP is published and republished by more than 1,700 newspapers, in addition to more than 5,000 television and radio broadcasters. The photograph library of the AP consists of over 10 million images. The Associated Press operates 243 news bureaus, and it serves at least 120 countries, with an i...more The Associated Press is an American news agency. 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 staff journalists. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative.

As of 2005, the news collected by the AP is published and republished by more than 1,700 newspapers, in addition to more than 5,000 television and radio broadcasters. The photograph library of the AP consists of over 10 million images. The Associated Press operates 243 news bureaus, and it serves at least 120 countries, with an international staff located all over the world.

Associated Press also operates The Associated Press Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. The AP Radio also offers news and public affairs features, feeds of news sound bites, and long form coverage of major events.

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. 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 re-publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and all local news of spontaneous origin published herein."

The AP employs the "inverted pyramid formula" for writing that enables the news outlets to edit a story to fit its available publication area without losing the story's essential meaning and news information.

Cutbacks at longtime U.S. rival United Press International, most significantly in 1993, left the AP as the primary nationally oriented news service based in the United States, although United Press International still produces and distributes news stories daily. Other English-language news services, such as Reuters and the English-language service of Agence France-Presse, are based outside the United States. More recently launched internet news services, such as All Headline News (AHN) are becoming competitive to the traditional wire services like the AP.(less)

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Average rating: 4.17 · 517 ratings · 76 reviews · 49 distinct works

	AP Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law (Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law) by Associated Press, Norm Goldstein (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 369 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Associated Press Stylebook 2009 3.90 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Associated Press Stylebook And Libel Manual by Associated Press, Norm Goldstein 3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Breaking News: How the Associated Press has Covered War, Peace and Everything Else by Associated Press, David Halberstam (foreword), Reporters of the Associated Press 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Associated Press Stylebook by Associated Press, Norm Goldstein 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Memories of World War II: Photographs from the Archives of the Associated Press by Associated Press, Walter Cronkite, The Associated Press 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual by Christopher W. French, Eileen A. Powell, Howard Angione 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1977 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Iraq: A War by Associated Press (Photographer), Chris Hedges (Introduction) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	New York Yankees 365 by Associated Press, Don Mattingly (Foreword), The Associated Press 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	My rating: