Evening star., 1942-08-29


lated news agencies in foreign
countries. Its reporting staff at
Washington, D. c., comprises ap-
proximately $50 reporters. Over 65,-
900 workers are employed to cover
the A. P. news of national elections.
For Its financial news service alone,
the A. P. employees 200 writers,
editors and statistians.
Telegraph Wire Network
Connects 727 Domestic Cities.
1t leases a trans Atlantic cable and
leases and operates a network of
telegraph wires in this country con-
Meeting at least 727 domestic cities.
Every "a hours it distributes basic
news reports Of at least 1000 900
words and also supplementary re-
ports and services. It's news report
supplied each day in Chicago to
morning newspaper members con-
sists of $4,000 words, to evening
papers 246,000 words. In Washing
ton its news reports consist of 276,-
900 words for both morning and
evening members. In the year 1941,
the Associated Press expended ap-
proximately $12,000,000 (about So
100000 in the United States alone)
for the actual gathering and distrib-
uting of world news.
So. The Associated Press has en-
tered into contracts with the lead
ing foreign news agencies such as
Reuters, Limited; the Press Assocla-
ton, Limited, and the Telegraph
Agency of the Union of Soviet So
cialist Republics (Tass), whereby it
has become entitled to receive the
news gathered by these agencies,
and under similar contracts it has
become entitled exclusively to re-
ceive all the news gathered by its
subsidiaries, Press Association, Inc; !;
ciated Press of Great Britain, Ltd.
A. P. Income Consists Mostly
OF Weekly Assessments.
SO. The income Of the Associated
Press consists almost entirely of
weekly assessments levied upon its
members according to a formula of
assessment and payable in advance.
This formula, while adjusted by the
Board of Directors of the Associated
Press to the type and amount of
service received by each member, is
based fundamentally upon the plan
OF distributing the total cost of
A. P.'s operation among it's mem
bers in proportion to the popula-
ton OF the community served by
each member. The amount of as
seSsments is the same for each
newspaper published In the same
community and field" (morning or
evening" regardless of their re-
spective circulations.
54. The principal sources OF the
domestic news which the Associa-
ted Press gathers and distributes
are Cd it's 1,200-odd members, each
of which collects, by its individual
reporting staff, and transmits to
the Associated Press the news of
its locality, and 90 its offices and
news bureauss with their reporting
staffs, maintained throughout the
United States. The principal sources
of its foreign news are Cd it's
bureaus and reporting staffs located
normally in practically all coun-
tries and in all principal foreign
cities, whose contact with news
sources everywhere interlaces the
world" and 90 independent for
eign news agencies which supply
! the Associated Press with news
under contract. This news is sent
from these various sources, prin-
cipally by telephone, telegraph or
cable, to news assembly points
established by the Associated Press
at its main Office in New York City
and at division offices located in A. P.
territorial divisions of the United
states, known as the Eastern,
Southern, Central and Western Di-
visions. At each of these assembly
points the Associated Press breaks
down the news received, and classi-
fles, edits and allots it for trans
mission to the other A. P. distribut-
ing offices and to its members. The
Associated Press distributes such
news from these assembly points to
its members primarily over tele-
graph wires leased from the various
telegraph companies and operated
by the Associated Press as such
lessee, although all instrumental
tiles of communication wireless,
telephone, mail and messenger
are sometimes utilized. Trunk tele-
graph wires carry the news from the
various assembly points to the prin-
cipal cities Of the United States and
serve directly the A. P. members To-
Gated in those cities. Regional and
State wire circuits are leased to
relay the news distributed to the
A. P members located in the smaller
cities and outlying districts. The
primary wire circuits are contin-
ually available to the Associated
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