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 2 Founded Year HeadquartersNew York City, New York 2 Company Type
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A major media, broadcasting or news company; classified in the atlas media-and-entertainment-industry.
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1. Wikidata: The Associated Press
- Wikidata Q40469, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q40469 P31=Q192283 (news-agency) (w-bbfill-business4-0926 knownqid fetch)
View the Source2. 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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