AP Newsfinder Service Information
Newsfinder is a service of the Associated Press and SCH Information Services, Inc.
The Newsfinder text database is one week's worth of all the Associated Press' stories from all the regional,
national, international, Spanish and sports wires. Stories are
released to the database 24 hours after the time of original
transmission from AP. Members also gain access to AP complete photo and graphics
archives on the same basis.
One of Newsfinder's greatest strengths is the breadth of its
coverage, particularly for any topic that extends beyond
geographic boundaries.
Newsfinder offers access to this database through text searching and keyword
searching. Newsfinder editors use a list of keywords that make your searching easy and successful. By having human editors read through the database we are able to
categorize stories into categories, such as OFFBEAT and UPBEAT, that no
machine has the intelligence to do. Of course, all AP's metadata is maintained and we are also able to use other artificial intelligence programs to generate metadata.
Geographic keywording is also available. Use two-character
postal abbreviations, city names, countries, or our regional
keywords.
Newsfinder is available to qualifying, non-daily, newspapers in the U.S. Newsfinder
member publications can also purchase World Wide Web online republication rights
for their papers for an additional, nominal fee.
The Newsfinder text service was started in late 1984 as a direct dial-up service.
Now, using a Web Browser, qualifying members are able to access the text service
and
preview thumbnails of photos, and ultimately download the JPG
images to their computer for manipulation with PhotoShop or some
other image processing software.
Newsfinder is priced based on circulation. Monthly
minimums start as low as $108. AP photos and graphics can be downloaded
for as little as $35 a piece.
For more information about the service, pricing, or to get a
temporary User ID and Password for a live demo, contact us at 800-922-4655.
Thank you for your interest in the best news database on the
Web.
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