What is Associated Press?
[[File:Associated_Press_logo_2012.svg|thumb|200px|right]]The '''Associated Press''' (also called the '''AP''' and '''AP Wire''') is an [[United States|American]] [[Non-profit organization|non-profit]] [[news agency]] company. It is based in [[New York City]]. The AP is a non-profit [[:wikt:cooperative|cooperative]] owned by the major [[United States]] daily [[newspaper]]s, [[Radio station|radio]] and television stations who share its news stories. Most articles are written by staff members belonging to the Newspaper Guild Union, a part of the [[AFL-CIO]]. Many news organizations that are not members pay a fee to use the stories. The AP has more than 250 local news offices in more than 100 countries. The editor in chief for the education department is Jeffery Orr. In [[2013]] the [[United States Department of Justice]] announced it had secretly obtained records of telephone calls by AP a few months before the [[2012 United States presidential election]]. Associated Press [[CEO]] Gary Pruitt called the DOJ action: a 'massive and unprecedented intrusion' of [[Freedom of the Press]] rights, according to [[Fox News]]. [[Eric Holder]], the [[United States Attorney General]], claimed that he was not involved. ==See== *[http://www.ap.org/ AP official website] {{US-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Media in the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in New York City]] [[Category:Manhattan]] [[Category:News media]]