Membership Requirements

Newsfinder is a service of The Associated Press and SCH Information Services, Inc. The service is available primarily to "non-daily" print publications.

In practice Newsfinder is limited to serving publications that publish no more frequently than  twice-weekly, and can serve publication that publish less frequently, such as weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, etc. Publication that publish three times per week or more are classified as "daily" and are served directly through the local AP bureau in their state.

Because The Associated Press is a news cooperative, members are required to maintain an editorial staff that does its own reporting and original writing. "Shopper" type  and newsletter publications are not granted membership.