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AP Is Older Than Was Thought, Papers Show
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RICHARD PYLE, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
01-31-2006
Dateline: NEW YORK
A collection of 19th-century documents newly acquired by The Associated Press shows that the world's largest newsgathering organization traces its origins to 1846, two years earlier than traditionally accepted by journalism historians and the AP itself.
The documents were provided to the AP's corporate archives by Brewster Yale Beach, a great-great-grandson of Moses Yale Beach, the second owner-publisher of the original New York Sun and the driving force in creating the alliance of newspapers sharing news dispatches ...
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