AP consumes UPI

[Chuckigo@aol.com]

This was posted at AllAccess.com/members/netnews/
  as of Friday night.

<<ASSOCIATED PRESS acquired the UPI wire service today. Terms of the deal 
have not been disclosed. A total of 47 UPI radio staffers will be out of 
work.>>

having worked with both, let's hope they can combine the best of both 
services.
UPI does/did have really good customer support.  they do answer the phones 
24/7 and most times can help pinpoint a problem.
of late, though, UPI had been relying on information from outside sources (in 
particular, SportsTicker... they messed up Red Sox scores twice this week.  
Once in the headline of the story(last night:  Angels 5  Red Sox 1), and 
Wednesday night's included the head (Indians 7  Red Sox 1) and also stuck 
with the same score in the body of the story)
UPI also, for those who've relied on wire features for show prep/content, has 
really, really excellent features.  Especially the lifestyle stuff, with some 
written for stations with attitude, and some written for those who still 
prefer not to make fart/penis jokes on the air.  And they have great Music 
features.
I will say it's got to be good for UPI subscribers who will hopefully 
convince management that even thought AP is a tad more expensive (hence the 
UPI wire in the newsroom), AP does have outstanding local coverage.  

good luck to any list member here associated (bad word?) with UPI.

chuck igo

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