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  • All rights reserved at AP

    Reading a Reuters story on their website, I noticed something that highlights to me what’s at the heart of the problem with the Associated Press. These two international news agencies seem to be poles apart in their philosophy about content…

  • AP snippets and a big red flag

    It’s hard to see what’s driving the thinking at the Associated Press in light of the storm of anger they have whipped up as they implement what looks to be a “pay-as-you-quote” system that you should comply with if you…

  • If AP asks for help, answer the call

    At a time when news is fast becoming a commodity – you don’t care so much where the news comes from as it’s the news itself you’re interested in – the behaviour of the Associated Press news agency looks distinctly…

  • Old Bailey opens its unseen files

    What a rich resource for law students. Indeed, for anyone interested in the law and history of England: The long arm of the law now stretches across time: from tomorrow [April 28], the transcripts of every trial heard at the…

  • A hell of a way to get up to speed about data protection

    You’d have had to be off planet not to have heard about this political disaster that blew up yesterday which led to Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling apologizing in the House of Commons. I watched the whole thing live…