Jan 23, 2012 9:04 AM
The AP announced this morning that chief executive Tom Curley will depart later this year and that its Board of Directors has formed a search committee that will be led by board member and Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) CEO Mary Junck.
Posted In: Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, Companies, AP, mark junck, news wires, tom curley
Oct 18, 2010 11:45 AM
The Associated Press is backing off efforts to host its own rights clearinghouse, instead planning an independent entity to help news organizations manage digital rights beyond their own sites. Under the plan, approved by the AP board last week, the news service would work with news organizations to create a…
Posted In: Apps, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Mobile, Companies, AP, tom curley
Feb 26, 2010 2:30 PM
The Associated Press is forming a new business unit called AP Gateway focused on creating products for new platforms—and more revenue for its members. More than that, to the folks inside AP it’s a move from preparing for the future to acknowledging it as the present. Or, as CEO Tom…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Technologies / Formats, Companies, AP, jane seagrave, tom curley
Jan 28, 2010 2:24 PM
Associated Press vet Jane Seagrave has been promoted to the second-highest job at the news coop. Effective March 1, Seagrave will be chief revenue officer, the job held by Tom Brettingen since 2008. Brettingen will work with international news agencies on the rollout of mobile and other digital products until…
Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, AP, jane seagrave, tom brettingen, tom curley
Oct 9, 2009 6:08 PM
Two of the most vocal proponents for changing the way news and information are distributed took their message to the World Media Summit in Beijing today. We posted the full text earlier of News Corp (NYSE: NWS) Chairman Rupert Murdoch’s take on the “Philistines” of news (his own tribe until…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, TV, Companies, AP, Countries, Asia, China, tom curley, world media summit
Jun 9, 2009 9:47 AM
John Temple’s paper is out of business but the former Rocky Mountain News editor and publisher isn’t. Following an exquisite takedown of the American Press Institute’s Craigslist approach to saving the newspaper industry, Temple heard from former Cox Newspapers head Jay Smith (pictured, right) and promptly asked for permission to…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, AP, jay smith, john temple, prodigy, tom curley
Mar 11, 2009 12:30 PM
Last month, artist Shepard Fairey filed a preemptive suit against the Associated Press with the help of Stanford’s Fair Use Project, asking a federal court for protection from claims of copyright infringement over his use of an AP photo for the basis of what has become an iconic graphic image…
Posted In: Legal, Companies, AP, shepard fairey, tom curley
Dec 5, 2007 12:00 PM
In a speech last month, AP CEO Tom Curley declared that news is a growth industry and that it was high time to kick ‘despair’ to the curb. At the same time, he seemingly despaired about the balance of power that exists online, between the portals and the creators of…
Posted In: Features, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, AP, tom curley
Nov 1, 2007 9:12 PM
Associated Press CEO Tom Curley was the honoree and keynoter at Thursday night’s annual Knight-Bagehot dinner in NYC, and he came out swinging against the very partners it syndicates a lot to: the online portals. His speech, posted online, is emblematic of the schizophrenic state of the news media industry:…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, AP, tom curley
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