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AP Advancing the power of facts

The Associated Press today unveiled new brand positioning that emphasizes the global news agency’s vital role as the provider of accurate, unbiased, fact-based reporting to the world.

JUNE 2, 2020

AP provides sponsored tweets during electronics show

The Associated Press announced today that Samsung will be the first company to provide sponsored tweets to the news agency’s primary Twitter account, https://twitter.com/ap. The innovative advertising will appear twice a day this week (Jan. 7-11), timed with the 2013 International CES – the consumer electronics show — in Las Vegas. The effort builds on […]

JAN. 7, 2013

Portugal’s LUSA selects AP as international news provider

Portuguese news agency LUSA has selected The Associated Press to provide international text news for inclusion in its news wire service.

MARCH 21, 2017

AP and TVN Agency to collaborate on news content distribution in Poland

The Associated Press and TVN Agency, part of Poland’s leading media group, have a signed an agreement for the distribution of AP video news content in the Polish digital market.

NOV. 24, 2016

Homeowners spend on renovations and repairs despite the uncertain economy and higher prices

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. homeowners are spending more on home renovation projects, bucking a broader pullback by consumers amid diminished confidence in the economy. Sales at building materials and garden supply retailers rose 0.8% last month from March, the biggest gain since 2022, and were up 3.2% from April last year. At the same time, U.S. […]

MAY 23, 2025

AP wins 2 RFK Journalism Awards

An investigation exposing widespread abuse in the palm oil industry and searing photos of Ethiopians fleeing war earned The Associated Press two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards on Thursday.

AP ‘napalm girl’ photo from Vietnam War turns 40

She will always be naked after blobs of sticky napalm melted through her clothes and layers of skin like jellied lava. She will always be a victim without a name. In this June 8, 1972 file photo, crying children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, run down Route 1 near Trang Bang, Vietnam after an aerial […]

JUNE 1, 2012

AP wins Pulitzer Prize for Seafood from Slaves investigation

NEW YORK – The Associated Press today won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service based on its international investigation of the fishing industry in Southeast Asia that freed more than 2,000 slaves and traced the seafood they caught to supermarkets and pet food providers across the U.S.

APRIL 18, 2016

Rights groups condemn Bangladesh for canceling accreditation of 167 journalists

NEW DELHI (AP) — An association of editors and rights groups has condemned a decision by Bangladesh’s interim government to cancel press accreditations for 167 journalists, calling it a threat to press freedom in the country. Between Oct. 29 and Nov. 7, the Press Information Department revoked the accreditations in three phases, drawing widespread criticism […]

NOV. 13, 2024

The Dirty Game’ – AP investigation into international soccer fraud

In this Nov. 5, 2012 photo, Croatian soccer player Mario Cizmek is seen at a stadium in Zagreb. Cizmek was sentenced involvement in match fixing. Former player Mario Cizmek was convicted of rigging games in Croatia’s first division in 2010. At his trial and in subsequent interviews with The Associated Press, he spoke about the […]

FEB. 12, 2013

AP’s Lucy Smee named Footage Employee of the Year at FOCAL International Awards 2015

The Associated Press’ Lucy Smee has been named Footage Employee of the Year at the Focal International Awards, the world’s most prominent archive footage business honours. The awards, which recognise and celebrate the use of archive footage and those who work in the industry, were announced last night at a glittering ceremony at the Lancaster […]

MAY 22, 2015