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The AP's Holiday Style Guide is Here - Posted December 6, 2011
[caption id="attachment_31060" align="alignright" width="176" caption="He's Kriss Kringle, not Kris"][/caption] The AP has released its guide to the list of words and phrases that will be popular during this holiday season. The Associated Press notes tha... [PRNewser]

Journalists Get Arrested During Occupy Wall Street, Tweet About It, Then Get Scolded By The AP - Posted November 17, 2011
Just two weeks after laying down the law when it comes to retweets, the Associated Press is cra... [AllTwitter]

AP: More Than Half of Countries with FOI Laws Don't Follow Them - Posted November 17, 2011
A new study led by the Associated Press shows that more than 50 percent of countries with freedom of information (FOI) laws do not follow them. ... [10,000 Words]

Why A "Neutral Retweet" Doesn't Work - Posted November 10, 2011
This week, journalists on Twitter have been feverishly discussing the new AP guidelines for retweeting. In a nutshell, the AP outlined how journalists should retweet without endorsing the original tweet - but... [AllTwitter]

How The Presidential Candidates Are Using Twitter [STATS] - Posted October 31, 2011
Did you know that Herman Cain is the Republican Presidential candidate most likely to be retweeted? Or that Newt Gingrich tweets nearly 500 times in a week? The ... [AllTwitter]

News from Quora, Klout, Cision, and More - Posted October 20, 2011
Remember Quora? Business Insider thinks they might be getting millions in another round of fundraising. Are you (still) usi... [AgencySpy]

Media Wrestles With Graphic Gadhafi Photos - Posted October 20, 2011
[caption id="attachment_29014" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo: Max Rossi/Reuters"][/caption] Today's tremendous news comes from the struggle in Libya where images and amateur video are emerging that... [PRNewser]

Problems with AP's new "linking" policy - Posted July 23, 2011
If anything, the AP's decision to start linking to original sources is a hindrance. Because now, in addition to news outlets everywhere reproducing the same exact stories, they will all include unlinked bit.ly URLs. ... [TVSpy]

AP Updates Social Media Guidelines - Posted July 14, 2011
The Associated Press followed up on last week's remind... [SocialTimes.com]

AP Issues Reminder to Staff on Including Opinions in Social Media Posts - Posted July 8, 2011
Tom Kent, deputy managing editor for standards and production at The Associated Press, felt the need to send a reminder email to AP staffers not to include opinions when using social... [SocialTimes.com]

John Mancini Named Assistant Managing Editor of AP Nerve Center - Posted May 9, 2011
Former Newsday editor John Mancini has been named assistant managing editor overseeing overnight operations at the AP's Nerve Center in New York, the AP ... [FishbowlNY]

Nick Ascheim to Drive Digital Media at BBC Worldwide Americas - Posted May 4, 2011
BBC Worldwide Americas signaled that a serious online push is under way, adding former Associated Press general manager of digital and ... [SocialTimes.com]

Extra, Extra: rNews Seeks To Be Semantic Standard For Online News Publishers - Posted April 15, 2011
News publishing outlets stand to benefit from adopting Semantic Web technologies, and now there's a lightweight way for them to begin moving in that direction, too. The International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) recently introduced ... [semanticweb.com]

The AP Falls for Hoax Press Release in which GE Pledges to Return Its Entire $3.2 Billion Tax Refund - Posted April 13, 2011
The Associated Press optimistically posted a story "GE to Return $3.2 billion to US Treasury" indicating that, in a fit of social conscientiousness, the corporation decided to donate its entire $3.2 billion tax refund... [FishbowlNY]

By AP Decree: Email, Cellphone, Smartphone, Kolkata - Posted March 18, 2011
The Associated Press announced four changes to its AP Stylebook, which officially take effect at 3 a.m. Saturda... [UnBeige]

AP Study: Web Video a Victim of Newspapers' Cost-Cutting - Posted February 11, 2011
According to a study of 100 U.S. newspapers by The Associated Press, many are cutting their use of Web video and laying off video journalists due to cost-cutting measures. AP director of U.S. broadcast news Kevin Roach discussed the results with ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Why AP Didn't Stream YouTube's Obama Interview - Posted February 7, 2011
The Associated Press director of U.S. broadcast operations Kevin Roach explained why the AP did not stream ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

AP News Registry to Become Part of New News Licensing Group This Summer - Posted February 3, 2011
The Associated Press will establish an independent news licensing agency this summer that will offer publishers access to original news content, as well as support for new business models. In addition to A... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

AP to Shift Online Video to News Distribution Network Platform - Posted December 20, 2010
The Associated Press will shift its hosted online-video operations to a digital platform from digital-video and ad-solutions company ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

AP Archive to Offer CelebrityFootage Video - Posted December 9, 2010
The CelebrityFootage archive of more than 20 years of stock footage will be available via AP... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Time Stands Still for The Associated Press on Broadway - Posted December 8, 2010
Four combat journalists from The Associated Press attended a performance of Broadway play ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Behind the AP Photos of the Carnival Splendor Situation - Posted November 17, 2010
Associated Press senior managing editor Mike Oreskes sh... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

'Morning Glory': Not as Sunny as Critics Had Hoped - Posted November 11, 2010
"Morning Glory," the new movie about our industry, is leaving critics underwhelmed. The film is about a young producer played by Rachel McAdams who lands a job at a struggling network morning show called "DayBreak." The show is anchored by an ex-beauty queen played by Diane Keaton a... [TVNewser]

AP to Create Rights Clearinghouse for Content - Posted October 18, 2010
The Associated Press president and CEO Tom Curley announced the impending creation of a rights clearinghouse for original content, as well as white-label apps and content modules for hand-held... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

AP Removing 'Writer' from Bylines - Posted October 14, 2010
The Associated Press will no longer use the term "Associated Press Writer" in its bylines as of Oct. 26, recognizing the fact that its content comes from several types of contributors. AP's memo, from deputy managing editor for standards and production ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

AP Timeline Reader Is the Result of Experiments with HTML5, Internet Explorer 9 - Posted September 15, 2010
The Associated Press experimented with HTML5 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 and came up with Timeline Reader, which allows it to offer news stories in a chronological, timeline format. A... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

AP Considering Charging News Outlets for Exclusives - Posted October 7, 2009
If OK! magazine will pay $500,000 for the rights to run Michael Jackson's death photo, The Associated Press, it seems... [PRNewser]

WaPo Nixes Salons In Face Of Criticism|The New York Blade Closes Up Shop|MediaNews Denies Bankruptcy|Boston Mag Owner Dumps "Idiot" Editors|SalaryTK's Unpaid Job Posts Sad But True - Posted July 2, 2009
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truTV Ends Daytime Programming|Is Gannett Doomed?|AP Union Disputes New Social Media Policy|Author And Page Sixer Froelich Sits For A Fun Hamptons Interview|Allison Bids Adieu To TONY - Posted June 23, 2009
TVNewser: Turner Broadcasting owned truTV ... [FishbowlNY]

AP Rejects Edwards' Interview Concessions - Posted May 13, 2009
Yesterday, we discussed Elizabeth Edwards' recent publicity tour for her book, "Resilience." Today, the Associated Press reports... [FishbowlNY]

Google CEO to AP: Why All the Fuss? - Posted April 7, 2009
Google CEO Eric Schmidt participated in a short Q&A following speech at the Newspaper Association of America convention during which he addressed the ... [FishbowlNY]

Camelot, You Know, Meets the Media 2.0 - Posted December 29, 2008
It's hard to imagine a more slippery, difficult media environment in which to launch your (very first political) campaign for a Senate seat than the one Caroline Kennedy... [FishbowlNY]

Politico Teams Up With Reuters - Posted December 15, 2008
Back in August during the Denver conventions when we first noticed Politico outsourcing its coverage to newspapers we speculated on whether they were trying t... [FishbowlNY]

CNN Hopes to Launch 'CNN Wire' to Compete With AP - Posted December 1, 2008
The AP is under siege! Since announcing a rate structure change effective 2009 a stream of newspapers including the ... [FishbowlNY]

The Future of Newspapers: Is the Snake Eating its Own Tail? - Posted August 1, 2008
Here's an interesting little dilemma, in a circle of newspaper life sort of way. Where will Google get its news if there is no more news being reported because the rise of Google News has resulted in the shuttering of all the newspapers that gather the news in the fir... [FishbowlNY]

AP MNN for iPhone Now on iTunes App Store - Posted July 10, 2008
Among the 125 free apps available with the launch of Apple's iTunes App Store is the AP Mobile News Network, a multimedia portal that will keep iPhone and iPod touch users access to all the news they could ever want from a slew of trusted sources. ... [ThinkMobile - SocialTimes.com]

LAT In 90 Seconds -- Afternoon Edition - Posted May 6, 2008
Favorite LAT paragraph of the Day: In a story about 75 students arrested in a San Diego State University undercover drug bust: "One alleged dealer was just a month away from receiving a master's degree in homeland security and had worked with the campus poli... [FishbowlLA]

Peggy Seltzer/Margaret B. Jones/Fake Memoir News Continues - Posted March 4, 2008
Can't get enough of you, baby, can't get enough of you girl.... According to Seal Press, their author Inga Muscio was duped by Peggy Seltzer, just like everyone, or nearly everyone else. Krist... [FishbowlLA]

Martha Stewart and the True Meaning of Christmas (In Prison) - Posted December 26, 2007
The AP has a story about the nativity scene Martha Stewart made in prison. We didn't watch the show the reporter is referring to, but we get the sense that Martha doesn't totally get the whole going-to-... [FishbowlLA]

MTV and AP Get Street Team To Cover Elections - Posted December 21, 2007
MTV and AP will use "citizen journalists", which is an idea whose time has come and gone, to cover the elections. How does this d... [FishbowlLA]

Us Weekly: Now 100% Paris Hilton-Free! - Posted June 27, 2007
Well, for this week anyway. We thought it was cute when the AP tried this experiment, but for Us Weekly to eschew Paris (especially the week of her release) is kinda like Fox News saying they've had it up to here with that George Bush... [FishbowlLA]