Associated Press
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The AP is one of the largest and most trusted sources of independent newsgathering, supplying a steady stream of news to its members, international subscribers and commercial customers. AP is neither privately owned nor government-funded; instead, as a not-for-profit news cooperative owned by its American newspaper and broadcast members, it can maintain its single-minded focus on newsgathering and its commitment to the highest standards of objective, accurate journalism.

Today, AP employs the latest technology to collect and distribute content. It is in the process of overhauling its video and photography content: transitioning to high-definition, expanding its coverage and building a new, flexible, powerful infrastructure. AP has the industry’s most sophisticated digital photo network; a 24-hour continuously updated online, multimedia news service; a state-of-the-art television news service; and one of the largest radio networks in the U.S. Its commercial digital photo archive is one of the world’s largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery. AP Mobile, the AP’s award-winning news app, has been downloaded over 12 million times since its launch in 2008, and AP has a strong social media presence, building new connections between AP and its members, customers and consumers.

Since the Pulitzer Prize was established, in 1917, AP has received 50 Pulitzers, including 30 photo Pulitzers.

AP, which is headquartered in New York, has over 3,700 employees—two-thirds of them journalists and editors—in more than 300 locations worldwide, including every statehouse in the U.S.

Recent Milestones
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Associated Press added Gary Pruitt as President & CEO. (7/1/12)

Posted 10/8/12 at 10:39am
Associated Press added Denise Martin as Editor. (1/1/91)

Posted 5/21/13 at 2:33am
Associated Press added Christy Tanner as Editor. (1/1/91)

Posted 5/21/13 at 2:44am
Associated Press added Abdulla Elnatour as Director, Product Development iCircular.

Posted 11/14/12 at 10:09am
Associated Press added Tom Curley as President & CEO.

Posted 6/16/08 at 12:28pm