The sports enhancement also is available for weekend-only use. This service is tailored for smaller newspapers that emphasize local coverage but still need a highspeed wire with AP's depth and breadth of world, national and state news. Basic also can deliver syndicated feature copy direct to the member's computer. The LatAm wire provides coverage, in Spanish, of Mexico and other Lat in Am erican countries. And a tailored version, LatAm Lite, is available for newspapers desiring lower copy volume.
LatAm service is delivered through special coding on the regular highspeed news circuits.
It allows them to share stories, track trends across state lines and step back to take a truly regional look at issues and events across the West. Since 1996, this enhanced service has been provided at no additional cost to members. The AP's South Wire, launched in September 2000, taps into the strong regional identity and shared interests across 12 Southern states. Southern bureaus identify and develop stories with a regional flavor, on such issues as growth, the environment, education, agriculture and the ever-changing face of the South. The wire includes AP staff-written stories as well as newspaper member exchanges that carry a newspaper credit and byline.