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Associated Press News and Photos Offered in FluentMedia Content Service
CHICAGO (April 23, 2002) -- FluentMedia, a content-licensing agency of Tribune Media Services (TMS), and The Associated Press, the world's oldest and largest news agency, have agreed to add AP news and photos to FluentMedia's content service, which includes news from top international information providers. The announcement was made today by John Twohey, general manager of FluentMedia. TMS is a subsidiary of Chicago-based Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB).
AP Digital, a division of The Associated Press that distributes news and information to Internet and wireless customers and services, will deliver top domestic and world news stories, international news in five languages, and a daily feed of breaking news photos from more than 240 AP bureaus worldwide.
"We're pleased to include content from one of the world's premier news-gathering organizations," said Twohey. "This relationship will provide our customers with deep coverage of national and international news in many important areas--from business to entertainment and sports."
Beginning in May, FluentMedia will receive approximately 700 articles a day from AP Online, one of the AP's premier services. The content will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to Web sites that subscribe to FluentMedia's services. AP articles will include key stories on national and international business, financial markets, entertainment, health and wellness, politics and government, and technology.
FluentMedia will also offer customers comprehensive international news in Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese and German from the AP WorldStream service. In addition, FluentMedia customers will also have the option to subscribe to photos from AP PhotoStream, a daily feed of hundreds of breaking news photos from around the world.
"Our goal is to offer our customers content from an elite lineup of the most respected information sources," Twohey said. "This new alliance with The Associated Press and our recently announced partnership with The Wall Street Journal secure a place for FluentMedia among the top players in the content-licensing arena."
"We are pleased to have our news and photos included in FluentMedia's distribution channels," said Thomas E. Slaughter, vice president and director of AP Digital. "This agreement will provide their customers with increased choices for top domestic and world news, and offer us another opportunity to distribute AP news to the online market."
Using advanced filtering technology, FluentMedia delivers customized packages of news, commentary and analysis to corporate clients for use on their intranets, extranets and public marketing sites. Content is drawn from major newspapers, trade publications and other sources.
Among the media organizations whose content is now available through FluentMedia are The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Baltimore Sun, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other major-market dailies; Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News; CNET News; the National Journal Group; the Gale Group; and Crain Communications.
About AP Digital
A division of The Associated Press, AP Digital offers news services with text, photos, audio, graphics and video on a wide variety of topics to the Web and wireless markets.
About The Associated Press
Founded in 1848, The Associated Press is the world's oldest and largest news-gathering organization, providing content to more than 15,000 news outlets with a daily reach of more than one billion people around the world. Its multimedia services are distributed by satellite and the Internet to more than 120 nations. For more information about AP Digital, call 1-800-AP-CALL-1 or visit www.apdigitalnews.com. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org.
About Tribune Media Services
Tribune Media Services (TMS) is a leading domestic and international provider of information and entertainment products for print, electronic and on-air media. TMS distributes television and movie listings and related editorial content under the Zap2it™ brand; syndicates and licenses comics, features and opinion columns; creates and syndicates a variety of on-line information products; licenses editorial content from national periodicals; and manages national advertising networks. Through its Knight Ridder/Tribune partnership, TMS also markets news and features, information graphics and multimedia content. Headquartered in Chicago, with production facilities in Glens Falls, N.Y., and offices in Denver, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York City, Salt Lake City, Toronto, London and Hong Kong, TMS is a subsidiary of Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB). For more information about TMS and its products and services, visit http://www.TMS.Tribune.com.
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Fernando Ferre
AP Digital
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Craig Konieczko
AP Digital
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