AP plans AP Gateway, new unit to create business opportunities

By Robin J Phillips on Feb 26, 2010 in Basics, Networking

The Associated Press announced Friday that it plans to create a strategic business unit to seek and develop new business opportunities for its multimedia news and that of its members and other news providers.

Called AP Gateway, the unit will facilitate development of fresh news consumer experiences for the Web as well as mobile phones, tablets and e-readers.

PRESS RELEASE: Associated Press announces unit to enable new products and services from news industry content

“AP Gateway will serve as the launching pad for new products and services from AP and other interested news publishers,” Tom Curley, president and CEO of The Associated Press, said today at the annual meeting of the Colorado Press Association. “It will allow the news industry to deliver the news directly to the consumer in a variety of exciting new ways.”

Jane Seagrave, senior vice president and new chief revenue officer of AP, said the first set of products from the new Gateway unit would be applications for several new devices that have been introduced or announced in recent weeks, including the Apple iPad.

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I became Web managing editor at the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism in mid-2009. Before that I was Online Community Manager for azcentral, the online site for The Arizona Republic. Before arriving in Arizona, I worked at Newsday where I was Deputy Business Editor. I was the small business editor at BusinessWeek Online. I teach journalists to use Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools to expand and manage their networks.