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ParisLemon: The AP Puts A Gun To Its Head. And A Grenade. And A Rocket Launcher.

  • drewolanoff · 5 months ago
    How is there room for a gun and a grenade, etc. with their head in their ass already.
  • MG Siegler · 5 months ago
    that, my friend, is a great question.
  • Jeff Brown · 5 months ago
    to get it right, often times one must fail - this is going to help them one day get it right or hopefully just get it.
  • drewolanoff · 5 months ago
    I think they already have had "it" handed to them.
  • rafer · 5 months ago
    I suspect much of the issue here is bad, or even terrible, dev PR. When you use their stuff, they're asking as a TOS issue that you to include a piece of Javascript. The only actual problem, other than this huge news agency's communications skills, is that they didn't do this in 2003 when it was first suggested.
  • Eric Rice · 5 months ago
    Would love to see contrasts between AP vs. other orgs like Reuters etc. Who gets it right, who fails, etc. I tend to have good experiences with Reuters for some reason.
  • ollybarratt · 5 months ago
    hi - nice post - just linked to it over at www.fsnreportersblog.com
  • Ric · 5 months ago
    This is hardly surprising, but I think more indicative of a larger issue for business in general in this country. Large entrenched industries have lost the ability to evolve and remain relevant and competitive. Newspapers are just the latest in a long line of broke businesses behind auto, banking and government. Just wait until individual journalists become more of 'brand' out in infospace like their blog bretheren and the wires start losing their backbone talent. Farewell print you were a grand Ol' dame!
  • peteaustin · 5 months ago
    This new format is a great idea. It means someone can write an ad-blocker to specifically turn off ads on pages which show Associated Press content.