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PALO ALTO, Calif. - Internet search engine Topix.net and The Associated Press are teaming up in an attempt to send more visitors to newspaper sites responsible for breaking stories that are picked up across the Web. As part of a 15-month agreement to be announced Tuesday, the AP will identify the stories that local papers contribute to the news cooperative so Topix's search engine can do a better...

Dow Jones & Co. (DJ) will launch a new service in conjunction with the Relegence Corp. to offer users a variety of financial information. The New York-based publishing company, which publishes this and other newswires, said the service, called Dow Jones Total Coverage, will allow users to customize the type of information received and share the reports with clients and colleagues. Dow Jones Total...

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of developing countries started an Internet-based news service on Monday, pooling their media resources to provide an alternative to what officials said was unfair coverage by the Western media. The Malaysian national news agency Bernama is host of the NAM News Network, a joint effort of the 114 member countries of the Nonaligned Movement, a grouping that pledged to remain...

BRUSSELS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The European Commission is poised to propose creating an EU press agency to boost communication channels to and from citizens, a report said Tuesday. The plan, which Web site EUobserver said would be announced Wednesday, also would establish a code of conduct for European Union institutions and journalists. The idea was sparked by Dutch and French citizen rejection of...

(New York-AP) January 31, 2006 - The Associated Press is actually two years older than previously reported. A recently acquired collection of old documents shows the world's biggest newsgathering organization started in 1846. The AP and journalism historians had traditionally set the date in 1848. The papers come from a great-great-grandson of the second owner-publisher of the original New York...

Abu Dhabi, 31 Dec. 05 (WAM)--In what is regarded as a major move in digital media service, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) has started a new transmission service that will allow millions of viewers in the four corners of the world to follow closely various events and activities taking part in the UAE. The new service has been recently launched following an agreement concluded between WAM and Ihals...

NEW YORK -- asap is here. The Associated Press has launched its younger audience service in a bid to attract the 18-to-34-year-old demographic group to AP's members and subscribers. AP today began delivering online and print content to members and subscribers who have signed up for the premium service. asap content, which includes words, pictures, sounds, moving images, blogs and interactive...

Experts say the biggest problem in the newspaper industry is capturing readers between 18 and 34 years old, and now The Associated Press is looking to tackle that problem head on. On Monday, the 157-year-old wire service is to start its "younger audience service," offering articles and "experiences" in multimedia formats, with audio, video, blogs and wireless text aimed at reaching readers between...

New Delhi , Aug 18: THE Government has shot down a proposal by news agency Reuters India Pvt Ltd (RIPL) to independently provide content services to subscribers in India. The company had sought permission from the Government to provide content (including media, news and other) services to subscribers in India on the understanding that the clients who have access to the content services would have...

This news comes as a big relief to the Indian language periodicals. Press Trust of India has now decided to offer exclusive services to periodicals at a much lower rate. A letter sent out from Business Development Manager, Samir Juneja, to Chairman, Small and Medium Newspapers–INS, Sunil Dang, said that the news agency was reducing the rates for the Bhasha and Photo services. "An Indian language...