All Headline News
Company type | Private |
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Industry | news media, News agency, Internet, Web syndication |
Founded | 2000 |
Defunct | 2010 |
Headquarters | United States |
Products | Wire service |
Website | www.allheadlinenews.com |
All Headline News (AHN) was a
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
AHN covered international and national news using a network of journalists, writers, contributors and freelance "stringers" from the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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
- 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
In January 2008, AHN was sued by much larger competitor
References
- ^ Schonfeld, Erick (2009-02-22), "Hot News: The AP Is Living In The Last Century", The Washington Post, retrieved 2010-04-25
- ^ 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