The Venerable AP Is Mulling New Curley Cues

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By definition, wire services are supposed to the Johnnies-on-the-spot of the journalism world. To Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley, though, just being there isn't good enough anymore. In the electronic age, not only does AP have to be everywhere its clients need it, but the news service has to start moving copy, audio and video at warp speed in any form. So, in the future, look for a speedier, more enterprising, more entrepreneurial Associated Press. Curley, the former president and publisher of Gannett's USA Today, says he's going to make it happen. In its hunt for new revenues, AP is considering the possible launch of a TV news cooperative, akin to what it already operates on the print side. That's just one of number of new services that AP is exploring.