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AP Online Products &
Services
AP's Online Newspaper group
provides newspaper members with new media services. Its
continuously updated online services draw on the
strengths of a diverse global news network with more
than 240 bureaus worldwide, the industry's most
sophisticated digital photo network, a state-of-the-art
video news service and a reputation for news of the
highest quality, accuracy and objectivity.
AP’s online services:
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Meet the
real-time news needs of the growing online
audience with engaging multimedia – text,
graphics, photos, audio and video – updated
around the clock.
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Drive traffic to
member sites and extend readers’ session
length
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Build newspaper
brands by keeping newspaper’s look and feel
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Build revenue
with simple tools and flexible advertising
options
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Provide coverage
of politics, business, entertainment,
health, sports and technology - the news
readers need to know, plus the fun stuff
they want to know.
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Available as XML
feeds or fully hosted
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AP Online Products
AP Hosted Custom News
The AP hosts a network
of more than 450 news
Web sites that feature
content delivered in the
look and feel of each
subscribing newspaper
and broadcast member.
Each site in the network
displays AP news
organized by category,
plus video, photo
galleries and
interactive features.
Also offers targeted
advertising
opportunities.
A complete news and
feature report with
hosted text, photos,
audio, video and
graphics, Flash
animations and databases
that appear within your
site’s templates. You
can serve your own ads
and control ad
placement.
Sites using this
service:
Aberdeen American News |
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AP Online
A constantly updated
feed of up to 750
stories daily tailored
for use on member Web
sites. The service
provides the latest
breaking news, 24 hours
a day, seven days a
week. Many stories are
linked to photos, and
subscribers can get
linked audio clips.
Sites using this
service:
Rapid City Journal |
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AP Online Video Network
Participating members
receive AP’s high
quality, time-sensitive
video coverage, a
member-branded video
player and all required
hosting, streaming and
ad management
technology. Fully
ad-supported and
available at no cost.
See
examples of the
Online Video Network
on newspaper and
broadcaster Web sites.
Sites using this
service:
Watertown Public Opinion |
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AP State News Online
Encompasses the full
range of each AP state
news report, covering
politics, legislative
and government news,
business, sports,
features and more. This
is a comprehensive
source of state-level
news, either as an XML
feed or on an AP-hosted
site.
Broadens your local news
reach with essential
coverage of stories
around the state that
are important to your
readers.
Sites using this
service:
Aberdeen American News,
Yankton Press and Dakotan |
AP Travel Online
Travel resources
including weekly
destinations packages,
columns and travel
links.
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AP Financial Tools
Market quotes, charts,
graphics and
personalization features
such as watch lists and
e-mail alerts, in a
format that increases
traffic and ad
opportunities. |
AP Financial News
Complete coverage of
publicly traded U.S.
companies and major
international
corporations. With a
unique combination of
quick filing and
comprehensive reporting,
AP Financial News gives
readers the background
and information they
need on companies, the
broader markets and
economic and financial
policy decisions.
Flexible online
applications serving
both premium market data
and news stories from
the AP and its news
partners. Tools offer
fully hosted, turnkey
applications including
stock watch lists,
charts, portfolio views,
mutual fund quotes and
more. Easy for members
to customize, and
attract end users that
want to stay abreast of
market movements. Also
provide an attractive
location for online ads
and sponsorships.
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AP Money & Markets
AP Money & Markets
is an
enhancement for
newspapers taking an
AP stock market
service for print.
It offers lots of
new,
consumer-oriented
financial data for
print and allows you
to move all of your
stock market
listings to your Web
site, if you wish.
Papers with lower
levels of
service have several
upgrade options.
Here is an FTP
site with a Powerpoint
presentation on what
M&M can do for your
readers:
ftp://ftp.ap.org/OnlineNewsPapers
Click the link in an
email or copy and
paste it into a Web
browser.
Username: OnlineNP
Password: readolnp
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AP Money & Markets Extra
Money & Markets Extra is
an enhancement to M&M
Full Service and is
available at no extra
charge to newspapers
taking AP's full service
stock market tables. It
gives you lively
business news to anchor
a weekend business page,
and it puts new content
on your Web site for
weekend viewers. Full
prototype book and page
prototypes are available
at
www.ap.org/markets.
For a printable overview
of Money & Markets Extra
click here. |
AP Spanish Online
An in-depth news service
in Spanish that delivers
coverage of the U.S.,
Latin America and the
world. AP offers
services for
print and online use
by publications to
appeal to the broadest
readership possible. |
AP Asia Online
AP Asia-Pacific News
Service offers more than
100 stories a day,
including breaking news
and spot features from
26 Asian countries,
business, entertainment
and sports, all updated
around the clock. |
AP Entertainment Online
Meets readers thirst for
news on celebrities,
arts, media, reviews,
and interviews.
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AP Hosted Online Sports
This powerful
combination of national
sports news and data
from The Associated
Press and STATS LLC
gives your Web site
everything your sports
fans want and need –
renowned stories and
photos from AP’s sports
staff, and in-depth
statistics and
historical databases
from STATS – in other
words, a total online
sports solution. |
AP Multimedia Features
Multimedia Interactive
News Reports are rich
news packages that give
readers the variety and
depth of information
they seek on the Web.
Each week, the service
delivers ten to twelve
news and photo/audio
interactives, geared to
the day's news; daily
photo galleries of six
to twelve photos each
weekday Monday to
Friday; one PhotoWeek
gallery of six to twelve
photos recapping the
week's news; and one
SportsWeek photo gallery
of six to twelve photos.
That amounts to double
the number of
news-related
interactives members
received from AP's older
Multimedia Features
service.
See
examples of the
AP Multimedia Features
on newspaper and
broadcaster Web sites. |
AP SNAPfeed
Internet users are
increasingly interested
in watching video on
news sites – and AP
SNAPfeed makes it easier
than ever for
journalists to send all
types of video,
including live
transmission, back to
the newsroom from a
standard laptop with a
straightforward four
step process to encode
and transmit video –
without technical
distractions or delays.
AP SNAPfeed offers a
quick and easy way to
add video and breaking
news content to your Web
site – and a quick and
easy to become more
competitive in the
rapidly growing online
video business. |
AP 2008 BEIJING SUMMER
GAMES
AP Summer Games and
Summer Games Plus offer
a complete report on the
2008 Olympic Games in
Beijing – from archery
to wrestling. AP’s team
of more than 300
journalists delivers
fast and full coverage
of each sport within
different levels of
service. AP has
partnered with STATS, a
leading global provider
of sports information
and statistical
analysis, and NBC
Sports/NBC Olympics to
offer full coverage.
Options include data
feeds, editorial
previews and athlete
biographies, as well as
award-winning AP photos,
multimedia and
interactive graphics. |
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