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AP Waffles on Blog Policies

News organization sends mixed signals over what citizen journos can lift

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 16, 2008 4:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Associated Press is struggling to hash out its policies toward bloggers who excerpt the organization's coverage, paidContent.org notes. The news agency attacked a liberal blog that posted snippets from its stories, but an AP exec later told the New York Times he regretted such a "heavy-handed" approach. Still, he's not withdrawing any demands that the blog remove the content.

%u201CIf you want our content, we expect to be paid for it, says AP CEO Tom Curley.
%u201CIf you want our content, we expect to be paid for it," says AP CEO Tom Curley.   (KRT Photos)
Basically it comes down to this, Joseph Weisenthal writes on paidContent.org: The AP doesn%u2019t want blogs to convey the news in the article; it wants readers to go to the article.
"Basically it comes down to this," Joseph Weisenthal writes on paidContent.org: "The AP doesn%u2019t want blogs to convey the news in the article; it wants readers to go to the article."   (KRT Photos)
A quick breakfast gets started with homemade frozen waffles.
A quick breakfast gets started with homemade frozen waffles.   (KRT Photos)
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