In 2003,The Associated Press established a Corporate Archives within its Corporate Communications department for the purpose of preserving The AP's valuable historical legacy in journalism. To this end, the AP Corporate Archives will systematically collect, maintain, preserve, and make available for research official records and other documentary material of enduring historical value. Its corollary mission is to serve as the ongoing institutional focal point for the documentation and study of AP.

AP History
1846 - 1900 The News Cooperative Takes Shape
1901 - 1950 The Modern Cooperative Grows
1951 - 2000 New Media Strengthens the Cooperative
2001 - Present Essential 21st Century Leadership

 

AP General Agents, Managers, and CEOs*
1848-51 Alexander Jones, General Agent
1851-66 Daniel H. Craig, General Agent
1866-83 James W. Simonton, General Agent
1883-93 William Henry Smith, General Manager
1893-1921 Melville E. Stone, General Manager
1921-25 Frederick Roy Martin, General Manager
1925-48 Kent Cooper, General Manager
1948-62 Frank J. Starzel, General Manager
1962-76 Wes Gallagher, General Manager
1976-84 Keith Fuller, General Manager
1984-2003 Louis Boccardi, President and CEO
2003- Thomas Curley, President and CEO
Headquarters of The Associated Press in New York City
1849-57 3 Hanover Street
1857-160 58 Beaver Street
1860-61 7 Broad Street
1861-1914 195 Broadway
1914-25 51 Chambers Street
1925-38 383 Madison Avenue
1938-2004 50 Rockefeller Plaza
2004- 450 W. 33rd Street


*The title gradually became "General Manager" and changed again in 1984 to "President and CEO."


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