All Headline News(AHN) was aUnited States–basednews agencyorwire service.It was founded in 2000 by W. Jeffrey Brown as an internet news search engine. It grew to become a major[citation needed]worldwide online newswire service, providing news and other content, to websites,digital signage,and other publishers who paid a fee for the service.
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | news media,News agency,Internet,Web syndication |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Defunct | 2010 |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Products | Wire service |
| Website | allheadlinenews |
The company's daily news coverage included international headline news, business, entertainment, celebrity gossip, sports, technology, health and politics. The company also provides a variety of non-editorial content services such as weather, horoscopes, trivia and business data.
AHN's primary focus was breaking headline news and a small investigative news effort.
Organization
editAHN covered international and national news using a network of journalists, writers, contributors and freelance "stringers" from the US,Europe,Asia,andAfrica.
AHN editors were located in various cities in the United States and abroad and managed electronic news-gathering operations using a proprietary news content management system called NewsBahn.[citation needed]
At its peak, AHN produced over 100,000 news articles a year.
History
edit- 2000: AHN is founded as an internet news search engine.
- 2003: Company begins offering news and content for syndication to websites.
- 2004: AHN acquires WeatherClicks. Integrates weather into syndication services.
- 2005: AHN starts producing and distributing original news with the purpose of syndicating news.
- 2007: Launches sports, celebrity and entertainment news divisions.
- 2010: Ceases operations.
Associated Press controversy
editIn January 2008, AHN was sued by much larger competitorAssociated Press,claiming that AHN allegedly infringed on its copyrights and itshot news,a contentious 'quasi-property' right to facts.[1][2]The AP complaint alleged that AHN reporters had copied facts from AP news reports without paying a syndication fee. After AHN moved to dismiss all but the copyright claims set forth by AP, the suit was dismissed.[3]According to court records, the case was dismissed pre-trial.[4]
References
edit- ^Schonfeld, Erick (2009-02-22),"Hot News: The AP Is Living In The Last Century",The Washington Post,retrieved2010-04-25
- ^Anderson, Nate (7 May 2009),Who owns the facts? The AP and the "hot news" controversy
- ^The Associated Press v. All Headline News Corp.,08 Civ. 323(United States District Court, Southern District of New York 2009-02-17).
- ^Citizen Media Law Project