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AP buys stake in Bambuser, strengthens live UGC video capability

 LONDON -- The Associated Press today announced the purchase of a minority stake in Bambuser, the pioneering live video service that allows users to broadcast, watch and share live video through mobile phones and computers. The investment builds on the exclusive editorial relationship that the AP has with Bambuser and further strengthens the AP’s world-leading capability to source and stream live video news from eyewitnesses.

JUNE 20, 2013

Funeral of AP video journalist Simone Camilli to be livestreamed

The funeral of Associated Press video journalist Simone Camilli, in his Tuscan hometown of Pitigliano, may be viewed Friday via a livestream on AP.org starting 5:30 p.m. local time in Italy (11:30 a.m. ET /  1530 GMT).

AUG. 14, 2014

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Bratton named AP’s US West deputy director for newsgathering

Anna Jo Bratton, AP deputy director of newsgathering for the U.S. West. (AP Photo/Angie Wang) The appointment was announced Wednesday by Anna Johnson, AP’s news director of the West region. Bratton is based in Phoenix, AP’s regional publishing center for the western United States. Bratton will lead newsgathering for all media formats for the region, […]

MAY 17, 2017

AP teams with Kwiztek to deliver interactive games

The Associated Press and Kwiztek have teamed up to deliver  new interactive online and mobile trivia games using AP’s news and entertainment content and Kwiztek’s gaming platform.

OCT. 30, 2013

International photo festival to showcase AP Middle East images AR

أعلنت وكالة أسوشيتد برس اليوم أنها تعمل مع مهرجان Xposure الدولي التصوير الفوتوغرافي في الإمارات العربية المتحدة من أجل تسليط الضوء على مجموعة مختارة من الصور المتميزة التي صورتها الوكالة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط.

OCT. 5, 2016

Ex-AP writer McArthur, who covered Vietnam, dies

This April 28, 1972 file photo shows once-and-future bureau chiefs at The Associated Press’ Saigon bureau, from left, George Esper (1973-75), Malcolm Browne (1961-64), George McArthur (1968-69), Edwin Q. White (1965-67), and Richard Pyle (1970-73). McArthur, a former AP foreign correspondent who reported all over the world and spent years in Saigon covering the Vietnam […]

APRIL 13, 2013

AP distributes style guide of holiday terms

The state Christmas tree glows from the 10,000 ultra-low wattages LED bulbs after lighting ceremonies held by Gov. Jerry Brown at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Along with the lights, the 53-foot white fir tree was decorated with 900 hand crafted ornaments made by children and adults with developmental disabilities donated […]

DEC. 3, 2014

From boxing to bullfighting AP images take top honors

Pablo Cesar Cano, right, lands a punch against Ashley Theophane in the eighth round during a welterweight fight, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, in Las Vegas. This picture won First Place – Sports Action Single Image in the 2014 Pictures of the Year International contest. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Spanish bullfighter Rafael Cerro performs with a […]

FEB. 27, 2014

AP Basketball Writer Jim O’Connell dead at age 64

In this April 7, 2013, photo, Associated Press College Basketball Writer Jim O’Connell, left, is honored by Louisville coach Rick Pitino after a news conference at the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament in Atlanta.  (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) NEW YORK (AP) — Jim O’Connell, the longtime college basketball writer for The Associated Press and a […]

JULY 2, 2018

AP compiles presidential inauguration style guide

To help with spelling and usage of the terms for the Jan. 21 inauguration of President Barack Obama, the AP compiled a style guide of essential words, phrases and definitions.

JAN. 2, 2013

Exhibit and panels mark publication of AP Vietnam photo history

“Vietnam: The Real War” (Abrams; Oct. 1, 2013; 304 pages; 300 photographs; US $40.00/CAN $45.00/UK £25) NEW YORK — The photojournalists who covered the Vietnam War for The Associated Press created one of the great visual legacies of the 20th century. Many of those powerful images are now collected in a new book, “Vietnam: The […]

OCT. 1, 2013