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Associated Press (via The Hill)

U.S. center / center-left

Owned byNot-for-profit news cooperative collectively owned by approximately 1,500 member U.S. newspaper and broadcast organizations, governed by a member-elected board of directors; no single corporate or individual owner
FundingMember fees and licensing fees paid by subscribing news organizations worldwide; additional revenue from commercial products and syndication; supplemented in recent years by philanthropic grants for select coverage areas including climate, health, and democracy reporting
On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

The Associated Press was founded in 1846 by a group of New York City newspaper publishers who pooled resources to share the cost of covering the Mexican–American War by telegraph, making it one of the oldest newswire services in the world. It grew into the largest wire service globally, delivering text, photographs, video, and audio to thousands of subscribers in more than 100 countries. Its not-for-profit cooperative structure was designed from the outset to prevent any single owner from controlling its editorial direction. Over its history the AP has won more than 60 Pulitzer Prizes, including 36 for photography, cementing a long-standing reputation for factual accuracy. Independent media-bias organizations, including AllSides and Media Bias/Fact Check, rate the AP as slightly left-of-center, citing patterns in word choice, source selection, and editorial framing, though all rate its factual accuracy as high. Beginning in the 2010s, the AP began accepting philanthropic grants to fund reporting on topics such as climate, science, and election integrity—an arrangement that drew scrutiny from press critics who questioned whether grant conditions could shape coverage. In February 2025, the Trump White House banned AP reporters from the Oval Office and Air Force One after the AP declined to replace 'Gulf of Mexico' with the administration's preferred term 'Gulf of America'; a federal judge ordered access restored in April 2025 on First Amendment grounds, and the AP continued pursuing a permanent ruling against the ban through late 2025.

Sources

  1. Associated Press - Wikipedia
  2. Associated Press Media Bias | AllSides
  3. Associated Press (AP News) - Bias and Credibility | Media Bias/Fact Check
  4. AP | Associated Press Bias and Reliability | Ad Fontes Media
  5. The White House bans the AP indefinitely over the use of 'Gulf of Mexico' | CNN Business
  6. Judge orders White House to give AP access to Oval Office | NPR
  7. In Gulf of America case, AP renews legal fight to end White House ban | Washington Post
  8. There are no winners in the AP-White House feud | The Hill
  9. How the Associated Press Got Its Start 175 Years Ago | Smithsonian Magazine
  10. The Associated Press finds a new way to combat news deserts | Columbia Journalism Review

Profile compiled 2026-07-04; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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