The Associated Press (AP) [4] is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters.

Dec 6, 2024 · Steven R. Swartz is Chairman of the AP and President & CEO of Hearst, and Gary B. Pruitt is the President and CEO of the Associated Press. Here is the complete AP Board of Directors and the management committee list.

May 2, 2022 · Reuters is owned by Thomson Reuters, a Canadian information news company, according to Britannica. The agency’s 2021 Annual Report stated its principal shareholder is Woodbridge Company Limited, which owns 67 percent of the company’s shares.

The Associated Press is a global, not-for-profit news cooperative. Discover more about our global, historical, multiformat and innovative coverage at AP.org.

The Associated Press (also called the AP and AP Wire) is an American non-profit news agency company. It is based in New York City. The AP is a non-profit cooperative owned by the major United States daily newspapers, radio and television stations who share its news stories.

May 12, 2022 · Reuters does not own the Associated Press. Instead, AP is an independent nonprofit cooperative owned by newspapers and broadcasters in the USA.

Feb 2, 2025 · Midwestern newspaper publishers formed the Western Associated Press in 1862, and in 1892 it broke from the New York Associated Press and was incorporated separately in Illinois as the Associated Press. In 1900 the regional organizations merged, and the modern AP was incorporated.

Mar 21, 2012 · NEW YORK -- The Associated Press today named Gary Pruitt as its new president and CEO. Pruitt, currently chairman, president and CEO of The McClatchy Co., will join AP in July. He succeeds retiring AP President and CEO Tom Curley to become the 13th leader of AP in its 166-year history.

Private Cooperative Incorporated: 1848 as Associated Press of New York Employees: 3,700 Sales: $630.1 million (2004) NAIC: 519110 News Syndicates; 519190 All Other Information Services. The Associated Press (AP) describes itself as …

May 29, 2019 · No one owns AP. We are truly independent, neither part of a corporation nor funded by any government. We are a not-for-profit cooperative – not a charity, but run like a business.