News agencies the Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse are refusing to cover Australia’s three-test series against the West Indies in protest over Cricket Australia’s attempts to restrict their coverage of the event.
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How the AP got the scoop on Sarah Palin’s new book
An internal memo from the Associated Press reveals how its intrepid reporters scored and scoured a copy of Sarah Palin’s bio five days early. The reporters responsible earned themselves a cool $500 reward for securing the news agency’s “Beat of the Week”.
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The axe drops at the Associated Press
Heads have begun to roll at US-based newswire service the Associated Press, as the agency attempts to cut its costs by 10%.
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No hope for Obama artist fraud
Artist Shepard Fairey — creator of the iconic Barack Obama ‘Hope’ poster — has admitted that he knowingly submitted fake evidence in his legal case with Associated Press in an attempt to conceal his use of a copyrighted Obama photo.
What happens when war gets photographed
A photo of a dying US marine in Afghanistan was plastered across newspapers this week. With support for the war dwindling, will it provoke the same outrage that the flag draped coffins of US marines killed in Iraq did?
Was the AP right to publish a soldier’s dying hours?
The AP has come under some heavy fire for publishing a photo of a deceased US soldier shortly after he was fatally wounded by a grenade in Afghanistan. The NYT’s Lens blog looks at the ethics and precedent of going public with such a private moment.
Reuters to AP: “stop whining”
Since the AP fell out of favour with the internet over their intention to charge for links and quotes to their content, the president of rival wire agency Reuters seems to have seen a golden opportunity: “I believe in the link economy,” he declares, giving the finger to “whiny” AP. Game on.
News outlets censor killer’s racist rant
The AP and other news outlets have omitted racist comments and references to US President Barack Obama when publishing excerpts from the diary of gunman George Sodini, who opened fire on a Pittsburgh fitness center yesterday, killing four women.
Tell ‘im he’s dreamin’: AP quote $2.50 per word
Wire Service The Associated Press don’t like people getting something for nothing, and are now charging websites and news outlets to quote from its articles, with prices ranging from $12.50 for five words to $100 for 251 words or more.
AP: enemy of freedom or just misunderstood?
The internet exploded in a storm of indignation with news that the Associated Press plans to digitally track and protect all its online content. But is the AP really the greedy News Nazi it’s being made out to be?
Leaked: AP’s staff social media guidelines
Reading companies’ social media guidelines is always fun (and no, we don’t have any beyond using it constantly and gratuitously). Valleywag got their mitts on the Associated Press’ slightly “paranoid” rules for their staff.
AP to distribute nonprofits’ investigative journalism
The Associated Press will deliver work by four nonprofit investigative journalism organisations as part of their service, expanding the groups’ audiences and plugging a content and staffing gap for the wire service.
