AP Investigates Wrong Call In Missouri

The venerable Associated Press is presently going through a rough patch. The new Associated Press ‘Member Choice’ pricing plan, which takes place in about a year, has, in recent weeks, drawn protest from newspaper editors around the country. The new cost structure, which was announced in October, drew fire from six Ohio newspaper editors that signed a protest letter on December 21, 2007. Two weeks later, on January 8, 2008 editors Bill Marimow of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Martin Baron of the Globe, and, among others, Susan Goldberg of the Plain Dealer in Cleveland sent a letter in support of the Ohio editors protesting the new a la carte payment plan.