AP Waffles on Blog Policies

News organization sends mixed signals over what citizen journos can lift
By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 16, 2008 4:00 PM CDT
AP Waffles on Blog Policies
%u201CIf you want our content, we expect to be paid for it," says AP CEO Tom Curley.   (KRT Photos)

The Associated Press is struggling to hash out its policies toward bloggers who excerpt the organization's coverage, paidContent.org notes. The news agency attacked a liberal blog that posted snippets from its stories, but an AP exec later told the New York Times he regretted such a "heavy-handed" approach. Still, he's not withdrawing any demands that the blog remove the content. (More Associated Press stories.)

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