Associated Press (via The Boston Globe)

U.S. center-left

Background

The AP was founded in 1848 when six New York City newspapers pooled resources to share the cost of telegraphing war news. It was formally reorganized as a nonprofit membership cooperative under New York law in 1900, a structure it has maintained ever since. Over the following century it grew into the world's largest newsgathering organization, operating more than 240 bureaus in over 70 countries and serving thousands of outlets globally. It launched the Wirephoto network in 1935, enabling same-day transmission of news photographs over telephone lines. AP has won more than 50 Pulitzer Prizes and has long positioned itself around objective, fact-based reporting. Beginning around 2023, AP significantly expanded its philanthropic grant funding to support regional and specialized reporting; the organization maintains that funders have no editorial control, though the arrangement has drawn scrutiny from press critics. In February 2025, the Trump White House barred AP journalists from press pool events after AP refused to use 'Gulf of America' in place of 'Gulf of Mexico'; AP sued, obtained a lower-court order restoring access in April 2025, but a federal appeals court reversed that ruling, and the case remained in litigation as of late 2025.

Sources

1. Associated Press – Wikipedia
2. Associated Press – Britannica
3. Associated Press Media Bias | AllSides
4. Associated Press (AP News) – Media Bias/Fact Check
5. The Trump White House shut out the AP. They keep showing up anyway. – Washington Post
6. Judge orders White House to give AP access to Oval Office – NPR
7. Court Rules Trump White House Can Ban AP Over 'Gulf of America' Issue – Variety
8. Associated Press v. Budowich – Wikipedia

Profile compiled 2026-07-13; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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