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AP veteran leading Pennsylvania, New Jersey news

Larry Rosenthal In this new role, Rosenthal will have primary daily responsibility for leading aggressive pursuit of breaking news and the development of distinctive enterprise across formats in Pennsylvania, while working closely with the New Jersey news editor to ensure both states have competitive and creative coverage. The appointment was announced Monday by Karen Testa, […]

APRIL 14, 2014

ITN signs deal to provide UK news feed to AP

ITN has announced that The Associated Press will license ITN’s UK news coverage for inclusion in AP’s news services, which are sold to media organizations throughout the world.

DEC. 1, 2016

Financial markets story to feature format suited to Web and mobile

The following advisory was sent today to editors at AP member news organizations:

AP photographers accept Pulitzer Prize for Syria coverage

Five Associated Press journalists accepted the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography at an awards ceremony at New York’s Columbia University on May 30. It is the 51st Pulitzer for AP and the 31st for photography.

AP expands UGC on Video Hub with Spectee collaboration

The Associated Press today announced a content collaboration with Spectee, the Tokyo-based online news agency that specializes in curating and publishing user-generated content in real time.

JUNE 6, 2017

AP launches dedicated Content Services division in Asia

The Associated Press announced today that it is expanding its AP Content Services division by adding a new office in Japan that will provide dedicated support for clients across Asia.

FEB. 7, 2019

Survivors still being found from Myanmar earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700

BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war. The fire department in Naypyitaw said the […]

APRIL 2, 2025

Learning from voter survey experiments

Leading up to the November election, AP worked with GfK Custom Research and the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago to examine new ways to survey voters.

Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

Quincy Jones, the multitalented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91. Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday night at his home in the […]

NOV. 4, 2024

Fascist salutes from the podium: Cortina’s forgotten ‘mini-Olympics’ during World War II

A giant portrait of Benito Mussolini hovered over the “Snow Stadium” — on the exact same grounds where the curling arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics now stands. The shooting range for the military patrol event — the precursor to biathlon — was held where a mobile-home Athletes’ Village has now been erected to host competitors for next […]

JAN. 27, 2026

JFK chronicle published by AP ahead of centennial

The Associated Press has published “JFK: A Daily Chronicle of the White House Years,” an account of President John F. Kennedy’s 1,036 days as commander-in-chief, ahead of the 100th anniversary of his birth on May 29.

MAY 23, 2017

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