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Sat, 30 Oct 2010 03:07:51 +0000

[...] putting a halt on their AP wire service. Needless to say, Jeff Jarvis thinks this is the bee’s knees. I could think of at least three things with the word “wire” in them than I’d [...]

By: Associated Press facing real heat « David Kirkpatrick

Associated Press facing real heat « David Kirkpatrick — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:18:19 +0000

[...] MPAA, RIAA — davidkirkpatrick @ 2:18 pm It’s about ‘effin time. The “Anachronistic Press” has been so brain dead about everything internet it’s sad. Reminds me of the RIAA and MPAA’s futile and doomed efforts against this digital [...]

By: angelos

angelos — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:28:37 +0000

The AP is learning that being transcriptionists for wingnuts wasn’t a long-term business strategy?

Really, my heart bleeds for them.

By: Brett Rogers

Brett Rogers — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:22:27 +0000

I know a bunch of people who have no intention of buying a newspaper ever again. Screw journalists. The vast majority who are published have no integrity in their reporting, and the bias is so overhandedly blatant that we don’t trust the product. So I don’t think it matters at all that the AP is being left behind. Good riddens. Hopefully journalism, a laughable “profession” in its current form and with the current players, isn’t far from the same fate.

By: Ted Murphy

Ted Murphy — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:24:01 +0000

Tribune is canceling the AP feed? Wow. Could you share any details? Like, how much does the AP feed cost someone like Tribune?

By: Mike W

Mike W — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:35:09 +0000

Perhaps the potential loss of Tribune business will urge AP to improve its reporting. Two weeks ago, an AP “report” by Douglass K. Daniel asserted that Sarah Palin is using racist themes in her campaign speeches, without offering any proof or quotations. Regardless of your election preferences this year, anyone who cares about truth in journalism must cringe at such “truth-challenged” reporting.

Why should newspapers pay AP for baseless opinion pieces disguised as news when they can get the same material free from the Obama campaign or letters to the editor?

What unique believable news product does AP now offer? Darned if I know.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:47:57 +0000

The future is your “news platform” with all the newsrooms of the country sharing and selling advertising as a network.

I guess that could put AP’s future in question.

By: Scott B

Scott B — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:12:53 +0000

This is a smart move by Tribune, and it may be good for journalism in general. This move gives the Los Angeles Times’ extensive DC and international reporting staff a reason for being. Rather than just ax most of the DC bureau and go with AP copy, Sam Zell is, hopefully, giving Tribune’s original reporting a vote of confidence. The Tribune DC bureau must be celebrating.