Asˌsociated ˈPress BrE AmE
an American news association which has ↑ reporter s in more than 110 countries. The stories they write are sold to many different newspapers, rather than being printed in one newspaper. The Associated Press was begun in 1848 by 10 leading New York newspaper ↑ publisher s , in order to share the cost of getting international news. It is often called the AP.