Tribune Attempts Break From AP News

[Ayatollahgondola]

This could be good overall. The AP has such a lock on media distribution that they have raised their rates to prohibitive levels.

CHICAGO -- Tribune Co., owner of The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and several other news outlets, will not use most Associated Press content next week to test whether the financially struggling company can do without it, according to a story on the Chicago Tribune's Web site.

http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/2301165.html