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Chicago Tribune, LA Times, other Tribune Co. newspapers test their luck without the Associated Press
2009-11-04 03:15:05 (GMT) (Caymanmama.com - Business News Providers News)
Dallas, Texas (CaymanMama.com) — The Associated Press may be getting by the Tribune Co., the nation’s second-largest newspaper publisher based in Chicago.
Tribune Co. owns large papers such as The Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and the Baltimore Sun and is now firming up plans to scale back o their use of the Associated Press (AP) during a test next week to see if they can sustain themselves without the use of the large news source.
The Chicago Tribune said the objective to “utilize as little content from the Associated Press as practical” will be made in order to determine whether the Tribune Co. can go without using the AP. The multimedia corporation declared bankruptcy in December and had been looking for ways to streamline costs.
In October 2008, the company submitted a two-year notice to the AP notifying them that they may discontinue service, although Tribune Co. will continue using AP sports stats in addition to other items “considered vital.”
“But the company wants to see to what kind of void the absence of AP stories and photos would have,” the Chicago Tribune said.
Going forward, the Tribune Co. newspapers will amp us the use of their staff and outside news sources including Agence France-Presse (AFP), Bloomberg, Cable News Network, Global Post, Reuters and others during the experiment.
The Associated Press said it “appreciates and understands that newspapers are looking for ways to confront challenging economic times and one way might be considering how they use content from the AP and other sources.
“At the same time, we continue to work with our member newspapers to make sure the AP, which is the gold standard of breaking news, remains a vital interest to newspapers, their publishers and their readers,” AP spokesman Paul Colford noted.
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