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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... Read full story »

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