CNN ends ties with Associated Press

The Cable News Network (CNN) announced that it will no longer use Associated Press (AP) content, according to a report on the network's website.

CNN Worldwide president Jim Walton on Monday notified employees that the decision to discontinue the network's use of the wire service was part of an ongoing strategy to "more fully leverage CNN's global newsgathering investments."

"The content we offer will be distinctive, compelling and, I am proud to say, our own," Walton wrote. CNN has been using AP services since the cable channel launched in 1980.

CNN's current contract with AP expires June 30th. CNN said it will have a new deal with Reuters, but will mainly rely on its own resources.

In its own story regarding the split with the CNN, AP spokesman Paul Colford in a statement said that the agency have not been able to reach an agreement with CNN. He added that it was "unfortunate" that CNN's viewers will no longer be able to access AP stories.

"We will continue to provide AP news to other TV networks and tens of thousands" of other media outlets, Colford said. Agencies