ORGANIZATION

"Founded in 1846, The Associated Press is the backbone of the world's information system serving thousands of daily newspaper, radio, television and online customers with coverage in all media and news in all formats. It is the largest and oldest news organization in the world, serving as a source of news, photos, graphics, audio and video for more than one billion people a day."

Official Website:
http://www.ap.org/

Location:
New York City

Founding Date:
1846

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Batten	Publisher	11-Feb-1927	10-Sep-2009	Founder, The Weather Channel
Louis D. Boccardi	Journalist	c. 1938		CEO of Associated Press, 1985-2003
William R. Burleigh	Business	6-Sep-1935		CEO of EW Scripps, 1996-2000
Dennis J. FitzSimons	Business	26-Jun-1950		CEO of Tribune Co., 2003-07
Victor F. Ganzi	Business	14-Feb-1947		CEO of Hearst
Philip Geyelin	Journalist	27-Feb-1923	9-Jan-2004	Former editor, The Washington Post
George B. Irish	Business	?		President of Hearst Newspapers
Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr.	Publisher	1946		Washington Post publisher, 2000-08
William J. Keating	Publisher	30-Mar-1927		Cincinnati Enquirer chairman, 1974-92
John King	Journalist	30-Aug-1963		CNN Chief National Correspondent
Willard M. Kiplinger	Journalist	8-Jan-1891	6-Aug-1967	Kiplinger Washington Editors
Tom C. Korologos	Diplomat	16-Apr-1933		US Ambassador to Belgium, 2004-07
Carl Leubsdorf	Journalist	17-Mar-1938		Dallas Morning News
Kenneth W. Lowe	Business	c. 1950		CEO of EW Scripps
Barry C. Lynn	Journalist	20-Aug-1961		Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism
John W. Madigan	Business	7-Jun-1937		CEO of Tribune Co., 1995-2002
Douglas H. McCorkindale	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Gannett, 2000-05
Al Neuharth	Journalist	22-Mar-1924	19-Apr-2013	Founder of USA Today
Donald Newhouse	Publisher	1929		Advance Newspapers billionaire
Steven O. Newhouse	Business	c. 1957		Chairman of Advance.Net
Burl Osborne	Publisher	25-Jun-1937	15-Aug-2012	Dallas Morning News
Gary B. Pruitt	Business	c. 1957		President and CEO of Associated Press
James Reston	Journalist	3-Nov-1909	6-Dec-1995	The New York Times
Andrew Rosenthal	Journalist	25-Feb-1956		Editorial Page Editor, The New York Times
Marjorie Scardino	Business	25-Jan-1947		CEO of Pearson, 1997-2012
Joseph H. Short	Government	11-Feb-1904	18-Sep-1952	Harry S. Truman's press secretary
William Dean Singleton	Business	1951		Texan newspaper mogul
John Vinocur	Journalist	?		International Herald Tribune correspondent
David Westin	Business	c. 1952		President of ABC News
John Fenton Wheeler	Journalist	10-Apr-1924	21-Apr-2013	Last Man Out

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