a
news agency for gathering and distributing foreign and domestic
news and photographs to
member newspapers and radio and television
stations in the United
States.
a
news agency for gathering and distributing foreign and domestic
news and photographs to
member newspapers and radio and television
stations in the United
States.
Rudiments,
Valences Approved April 1991
a large United
States news agency that gathers and distributes foreign and domestic
news and photographs to
member newspapers, television and radio
stations around the
world. It started in 1848 when six
New York City newspapers arranged to
share the costs of collecting national and foreign
news via new
telegraph lines. The
group, later known as the
New York Associated
Press, began to
share its
service with the country's other papers, and expanded very rapidly as other regional associations were formed. When the regional associations reorganized in 1892, and the original
New York Associated
Press went out of
existence, the remaining
association became known as Associated
Press. By the 1990s Associated
Press was the largest
news service worldwide. Its members pay for the
services they need, such as national
news, international
news and
news photographs, which are
sent out to