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AP’s paginated sports previews get new look from GateHouse

The Associated Press’ paginated sports previews are getting a fresh new look for 2015. GateHouse Media’s Center for News & Design will design and produce the pages, starting with the Super Bowl, set for release on Jan. 22.

JAN. 14, 2015

AP publishes history of baseball’s ‘Banned’ players, coaches

The Associated Press and Diversion Books have published “Banned: Baseball’s Blacklist of All-Stars and Also-Rans,” a comprehensive history written by former AP sports writer Hal Bock.

FEB. 21, 2017

AP reports loss on one-time accounting charges

In this April 18, 2017, photo Associated Press photographs are displayed at AP headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) Revenue fell 8 percent to $510.1 million from $556.3 million in 2016, when the company benefited from additional revenue related to U.S. elections, according to the AP’s earnings release. The revenue decline, reported Wednesday, also […]

APRIL 25, 2018

Documenting the history of news

The Associated Press Corporate Archives, tasked with documenting 177 years of AP history, this year celebrates its 20th anniversary.

APs 2015 profit rises 30 percent on tax benefit cost cutting

AP’s 2015 results, released Wednesday, reflected some complex accounting. The news cooperative recognized a tax benefit of $165 million stemming from a financial blow that its auditors required the cooperative to absorb in 2011 after suffering three straight years of losses. After three consecutive years of operating profits, the AP was able to reverse the […]

APRIL 27, 2016

AP launches ‘AP Editions’ paperback and e-book series

The Associated Press is tapping its global news coverage and vast archives to launch a series of paperback and e-books called AP Editions.

APRIL 9, 2015

AP’s paginated sports pages get new design from Adams Publishing

Paginated sports previews from The Associated Press will kick off 2018 with a new look from the Adams Publishing Group’s Big Sky News Design team, beginning with the Winter Olympics edition out today.

JAN. 17, 2018

The Associated Press wins duPont-Columbia award for Ukraine war documentary ’20 Days in Mariupol’

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has won a prestigious broadcast journalism award for “20 Days in Mariupol,” its documentary on the war in Ukraine produced with PBS’ “Frontline.” The documentary was among 15 winners of the 2024 duPont-Columbia Awards announced at a ceremony at Columbia University in New York on Thursday. Founded in 1942, the […]

JAN. 25, 2024

Persistence and source work pay on big political story

In a note to staff, Managing Editor for U.S. News Brian Carovillano explains how a reporter who cultivated sources on the statehouse beat kept AP ahead on a story that resonated beyond state borders:

Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee named AP executive editor

The Associated Press announced today that AP Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee has been named the news agency's executive editor effective Jan. 1, 2017.

NOV. 17, 2016

Ecuadorian artisans working to preserve the traditional craft of weaving horsehair strainers

In her modest home in Guangopolo, east of Ecuador’s capital, Ligia Ipiales carefully separates strands from a horse’s tail, weaving a mesh as fine as gauze for a “cedazo,” a traditional sieve clinging to survival. The craft that once made the village famous is now fading. Only nine “cedacero” artisans remain. The youngest is 51-year-old Guido Paucar, […]

JUNE 9, 2026