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Annual report 2012

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  • About AP
  • CEO Message
  • Top Stories
    • Syria
    • London 2012
    • US Elections
    • AP State News Reports
    • Love In The Time of Shariah
  • Products And Services
  • Industry Leadership
  • AP By the Numbers
  • AP Board of Directors
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About APOur worldwide reach, expertise and well-connected journalists mean AP produces news that very few can match but that everyone needs. See some of our best coverage from the past year, from the US presidential election to the widening conflicts of the Arab Spring.

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Members And Customers:Welcome to the
AP 2012 Annual Report

Top stories of 2012

GutsySyriaMonths of street battles, ambushes and bombardments have made routine heart-breaking scenes like this, of a man mourning the death of his young son. AP journalists have risked injury and imprisonment to report on the increasingly bloody conflict.

 

ResourcefulLondon 2012AP photographers used the most up-to-date technology and good old-fashioned smarts to capture the best pictures of the London Summer Games.

 

Independent2012 US ElectionsYears of experience–164, in fact–lead up to AP’s coverage of Election Day. Counting the votes and calling the winners in 4,653 races in 2012, we had an accuracy rate of 99.9 percent.

 

connectedAP State News ReportsAP delivers photos and stories from every state and territory of the country, year-round.

 

tenaciousLove in the Time of ShariahWest Africa Bureau Chief Rukmini Callimachi tells stories from remote, little-understood corners of the globe that spark compassion and action in readers around the world

products and services

Products and ServicesFrom the latest version of AP Mobile news to the rollout of four new content delivery platforms, AP focused last year on providing customers the news and content they want, the way they want it, when they want it.

Industry Leadership

INDUSTRY LEADERSHIPWhether leading battles for freedom of the press, spearheading efforts to protect original newsgathering content or pioneering new content frontiers, AP’s leadership role stayed front and center in 2012.

AP By the numbers

AP By The NumbersEvery day, more than half the world’s population sees content from AP, whether it’s video, images or text in newspapers, on television, radio, mobile phones or tablets.

Board of directors

AP Board of DirectorsThe Associated Press is a not-for-profit cooperative founded in 1846 and owned by its member newspapers.
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  • CEO Message
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    • Syria
    • London 2012
    • US Elections
    • AP State News Reports
    • Love In The Time of Shariah
  • Products And Services
  • Industry Leadership
  • AP By the Numbers
  • AP Board of Directors

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