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Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
New York Times Editors from about 30 papers are attending this week's "CNN Newspaper Summit" to hear about the news org's plans to provide coverage of big events on a smaller scale and at a lower cost than the Associated Press. AP CEO Tom Curley says: "Breaking news is very, very expensive and if they have the resources to spend on it, we welcome them to the game."
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Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Editors from 30 newspapers are going to Atlanta to hear about CNN's new wire service, which is supposed to be a cheaper alternative to the Associated Press. During a Webcast for employees, AP president and CEO Tom Curley identified CNN Wire -- and the trend it represents, that is customers becoming competitors -- as one of the three main challenges facing the nonprofit corporation, along with...
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TV Barn (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Wow, can you believe the Associated Press chief Tom Curley said this (which was overheard by the NY Times) about having some competition in the newswire business? > "The current CNN wire, if you look at it truly is still,...
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Lost Remote (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... and if they have the resources to spend on it, we welcome them to the game,” said AP chief Tom Curley. “The current CNN wire, if you look at it truly is still, and remarkably, abysmally written,” he said. “However, they’re interviewing A.P. people, we know, and that can be transformed.” CNN.com (not CNN TV) plans to drop AP in January, reports the NYTimes. (Full disclosure: I work for msnbc.com,...
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Gawker (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
By , on Sun Nov 30 2008, 711 views The is said to be . and are up in arms over its drift away from hard news. CNN, meanwhile, , and getting moreso by the day, investing in free food, holograms and international staff. So there was probably more than a little jealousy behind AP chief Tom Curley's disdainful swipe at the cable network's plan for a "CNN Wire" to compete with AP.Speaking before...
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E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... wire services such as the AP, Reuters or Bloomberg . President and chief executive of the AP Tom Curley described the biggest challenges facing the news service as financial decline for both the economy and newspapers, which has already forced several subscribers to leave the service, and "customers becoming competitors," specifically, CNN. CNN's expansion "at a time of severe cutbacks across...
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Gawker (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
By , on Sun Nov 30 2008, 1,136 views The is said to be . and are up in arms over its drift away from hard news. CNN, meanwhile, , and getting moreso by the day, investing in free food, holograms and international staff. So there was probably more than a little jealousy behind AP chief Tom Curley's disdainful swipe at the cable network's plan for a "CNN Wire" to compete with AP.Speaking before...
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kellya | 11/28/2008
... Ridgefield resident, had been diagnosed recently with pancreatic cancer, according to his family. Tom Curley, president of The AP, called Mulligan "a legendary storyteller. His wit was as penetrating as his humor was revealing. He was a friend and mentor to many at AP around the world. He will be missed immensely." Mulligan joined Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Stamford Mayor Dannel
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
... John Mulligan said. He had been recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to his family.Tom Curley, president of The AP, called Hugh Mulligan "a legendary storyteller. His wit was as penetrating as his humor was revealing. He was a friend and mentor to many at AP around the world. He will be missed immensely."Insatiably curious and able to find story potential in almost anything,...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
... said. He had been recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to his family.
Tom Curley, president of The AP, called Hugh Mulligan "a legendary storyteller. His wit was as penetrating as his humor was revealing. He was a friend and mentor to many at AP around the world. He will be missed immensely."
Insatiably curious and able to find story potential in almost anything,...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
... John Mulligan. He had been recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to his family.Tom Curley, president of The AP, called Hugh Mulligan "a legendary storyteller. His wit was as penetrating as his humor was revealing. He was a friend and mentor to many at AP around the world. He will be missed immensely." Insatiably curious and able to find story potential in almost anything,...
