Why the Associated Press Plans to Hold Some Web Content Off the Wire
Nieman Journalism Lab, August 12, 2009
By Zachary M. Seward
In a break with tradition, the Associated Press plans to prevent members and customers from publishing some AP content on their Web sites. Instead, those news organizations would link to the content on a central AP Web site -- a move that could upend the consortium's traditional notions of syndication.
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