The Associated Press is an American not-for-profit news cooperative headquartered in New York City, founded in 1846 by a group of New York newspapers to share the cost of covering the Mexican-American War by telegraph. Owned by its contributing US newspaper and broadcast members, it is one of the world's largest and oldest news organizations, and its AP Stylebook is a widely used journalism style guide.
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Company TypeCooperative, unincorporated association 1 Founded Year HeadquartersNew York City, New York 1 Connections
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A major media, broadcasting or news company; classified in the atlas media-and-entertainment-industry.
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1. Associated Press (Wikipedia)
Lead section, founding
Founded in 1846
History section, structure
operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association
Infobox, Headquarters
headquartered in New York City
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