AP newa is one of the major reasons I stopped taking the fishwrap. If I want AP I watch Fox or MSNBC. Along with that the fishwrap is so biased, but that depends on what party is in power.
Which ever one is in power they are against the other one.
Maybe if AP prices go up the local papers will have to finally report local news and do the job they are paid to do.
Published: October 11, 2008 10:21 AM ET
NEW YORK Since the Associated Press announced its controversial rate change last year, many newspapers have started considering other content options. And things are not likely to calm down any time soon.
A handful of dailies — including several who admit their AP rates actually fell — have given notice to drop the service, editors in several states are forging content-sharing alliances, and Politico and PA SportsTicker are quickly positioning themselves to help replace the 160-year-old news cooperative in daily news pages.
But is the latest dispute over AP rates and services a real sign that its relationship with newspapers will be forever changed? Can a mid-sized or major daily really exist without the news cooperative? Or is this just a bluff?
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003872622