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New York Times
27-04-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Old Partners in News Publishing
The New York Times shares a lot of journalistic DNA with The Associated Press, including two foundational leaders. Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820-1869), who established The Times in 1851, and Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935), whose family has published The Times since 1896, played a role in shaping the modern A.P., too. Raymond was the editor of The New York Courier & Enquirer in 1846 when he and a half dozen other New York journalists formed the New York Associated Press, originally to share the cost of covering the distant Mexican-American War. Competitors emerged as the New York A.P. grew. The Western Associated Press broke away in 1866. The United Press (no relation to United Press International) was formed in 1882. In 1891, Ochs, then the publisher of The Chattanooga Times, organized the Southern Associated Press, which the United Press took over in 1894, having already absorbed the New York Associated Press. The failure of the United Press in 1897 left the Western Associated Press of Chicago as the nation's dominant newswire. A member newspaper, The Daily Inter Ocean of Chicago, sued The A.P. in 1898 for punitively withholding service. In 1900, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that The A.P., as a public utility, had to offer its news service to any newspaper that wished to be a client. As a result, the association reorganized in New York, where corporate laws were more favorable, as a nonprofit cooperative, the forebear of the modern A.P. On Sept. 29, 1900, The A.P. issued an imposing 14-by-14-inch vellum sheet embossed with its corporate seal of telegraph poles and wires. In a handsome calligraphic hand, the document certified Adolph S. Ochs as a member who was 'entitled to a news report of The Associated Press solely for publication in the New York Times.' The Times still has the certificate on file.
New York Times
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Jelly Roll Should Be Pardoned for Drug and Robbery Offenses, Board Says
Jelly Roll, one of the top names in country music, should be pardoned for his past robbery and drug possession convictions, the Tennessee Board of Parole unanimously determined on Tuesday. The decision now rests with Gov. Bill Lee. Jelly Roll, 40, a Tennessee native whose real name is Jason DeFord, started his career as a rapper but rose to prominence in 2023 with his country album 'Whitsitt Chapel' and its popular songs 'Save Me' and 'Need a Favor.' He was named the best new artist at the Country Music Association Awards that year and has been nominated for four Grammys. His most recent album, 'Beautifully Broken,' reached No. 1 on the charts. The singer has been open about his criminal history, including convictions for robbery and drug possession with intent to sell. He was incarcerated when his daughter was born. The Associated Press reported that Jelly Roll was sentenced to a year in prison after entering a house and demanding money in 2002; he was unarmed but two other men were carrying guns. In another case, The A.P. reported, Jelly Roll was sentenced to eight years of court-ordered supervision after the police found cocaine and marijuana in his car. Jelly Roll told The New York Times that he was 13 when the police brought him to jail after an unresolved cannabis citation. 'I'm learning to forgive myself for the decisions I made when I was that young,' he said. 'They were wrong and I knew they were wrong, and I was doing them with a sense of pride and excitement.' In recent years, Jelly Roll has performed at correctional facilities and testified before Congress about the fentanyl crisis. In an interview with Jon Bon Jovi last year, Jelly Roll said he still had issues performing outside of the United States because of his legal troubles. 'We're working on that,' he said. 'I think it's going to work in my favor.' The Tennessee Board of Parole unanimously voted to recommend granting a pardon during a nearly two-hour meeting in downtown Nashville on Tuesday. One of the seven board members, a former law enforcement officer, recused himself from the case. Representatives for Jelly Roll and a spokesman for Mr. Lee did not respond to requests for comment. A spokesman for the parole board said there was no timeline for when the governor would announce a decision. Mr. Lee, a Republican, has pardoned more than 90 people since becoming governor in 2019 and typically announces his decisions in December. In addition to drug offenses, the pardons have included convictions for arson, attempted second-degree murder, domestic assault, driving under the influence, identity theft and shoplifting.
New York Times
18-04-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Judge Rejects A.P.'s Challenge to New White House Press Policy, for Now
A federal judge in Washington on Friday denied a request from The Associated Press to enforce his order requiring the White House to restore the outlet's full access to President Trump. Lawyers for The A.P. had accused the White House of defying the order, at first by continuing to bar its journalists from presidential events, then by issuing a policy eliminating the regular, permanent spot in the press pool shared by three independent newswires. Even though A.P. journalists had been allowed into some events in recent days, the lawyers said, their access had not been equal to that of reporters from Reuters, one of the other newswires. The press pool is a small, rotating group of journalists who cover smaller events at the White House and press briefings on Air Force One, as they follow the president on trips in and outside of Washington. The new policy puts the newswires into a larger group of print media outlets that includes The New York Times — effectively reducing The A.P.'s access. The judge who ruled on Friday, Trevor N. McFadden of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, who was appointed by Mr. Trump, said that he needed more time to determine whether the new policy was discriminatory. For now, he said, Mr. Trump and the White House could be seen as acting in 'good faith' to comply with his order, with the new policy being 'facially neutral.' But he added that he would consider it problematic if the policy resulted in 'viewpoint discrimination.' Last week, Judge McFadden found that the Trump administration had violated the First Amendment by excluding The A.P. from the press pool since February, after the news organization said that it would continue to use the term 'Gulf of Mexico' to refer to the body of water that Mr. Trump renamed the Gulf of America. The Associated Press is considered one of the world's leading newswires, distributing articles, photographs and videos to thousands of U.S. news outlets, as well as 900 international sites. During a hearing on Friday, Judge McFadden appeared skeptical that the new policy was not intended to continue excluding The A.P. in defiance of his order. He warned the government of 'consequences' if evidence emerged that the White House was not complying with his order. 'That would be a way more serious problem,' he said. 'There could be consequences.' At one point, he raised his voice with a government lawyer, Jane M. Lyons, after she cut him off mid-sentence. He grilled Ms. Lyons over how he could ensure compliance from the government, and asked when he would know whether the Trump administration was defying his order. 'It's very hard to see how there is compliance when records show that nothing changed for three days,' Judge McFadden said, referring to records from the past few days, when A.P. journalists were excluded from participating in the White House pool. He added: 'I don't have many experiences with parties violating my injunction.'
New York Times
16-04-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
The A.P. Says White House Is Defying Court Order to Restore Its Access
The Associated Press said in a court filing on Wednesday that the Trump administration had defied a federal judge's order requiring the administration to restore the wire service's full access to the White House. Lawyers for the The A.P. wrote that a White House spokesman had told A.P. reporters on Monday that they would continue to be excluded from the press pool — a small, rotating group of journalists who cover certain events in confined spaces at the White House — because the 'case is 'ongoing.'' For the last two months, The A.P.'s access to President Trump has been sharply curtailed over its refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, the name that Mr. Trump designated for the body of water. In a temporary order last week, Judge Trevor N. McFadden of the Federal District Court in Washington, D.C., said the exclusion violated the First Amendment's free-speech clause and instructed the White House to restore The A.P.'s access 'immediately.' Still, on Wednesday, the White House continued to exclude The A.P. from the press pool, the filing said. It requested the judge's 'immediate assistance in enforcing' last week's order, citing the White House's 'refusal to obey' the court's decision. Judge McFadden responded to The A.P.'s filing on Wednesday by scheduling a hearing in his court for Friday morning. The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A lawyer for the Justice Department, Jane M. Lyons, wrote in an email to The A.P.'s legal team on Monday that the outlet had not been allowed into the pool that day 'because it was not its turn,' according to court papers. But lawyers for The A.P. disagreed in their filing. Rather than restoring The A.P.'s access, they wrote, the White House on Tuesday established a new press policy that eliminated a regular, permanent pool spot for news wires at the White House and then declined to offer The A.P. access to the pool on Tuesday and Wednesday. For years, the White House Correspondents Association, an independent group, ran the press pool. It had long granted access to three wire services: The A.P., Reuters and Bloomberg News. The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said in a recent memorandum that she would 'retain day-to-day discretion to determine composition of the pool,' arguing that the approach was 'necessary to ensure that the president's message reaches targeted audiences.' In a statement, a spokeswoman for The A.P., Lauren Easton, said the White House's moves reflected a disregard for the 'fundamental American freedom to speak without government control or retaliation.' The White House has allowed A.P. reporters to attend larger, regular news briefings conducted in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. Since February, however, A.P. reporters have been barred from accessing the Oval Office, Air Force One and other places where journalists cover the president, according to the news wire. The A.P. sued, arguing that its rights to freedom of speech were being infringed. A lawyer for The A.P., Charles D. Tobin, said in a court hearing that the wire had essentially been placed in the 'penalty box' by the White House. The White House argued that it wanted to trim the group of the reporters who follow the president and to allow greater access for specialized news outlets. It said that it was not singling The A.P. out for punishment. 'The government repeatedly characterizes The A.P.'s request as a demand for 'extra special access,'' Judge McFadden wrote in his order last week. 'But that is not what The A.P. is asking for, and it is not what the court orders. All The A.P. wants, and all it gets, is a level playing field.' Judge McFadden briefly paused his order to allow the Trump administration time to appeal. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which is scheduled to hear the appeal on Thursday, declined to extend the pause while considering the case, so the order took effect at midnight on Sunday. Articles from The A.P., one of the world's most prominent news wire services, fill newspapers across the country. And The A.P.'s guidance on style questions — including issues such as the name of the Gulf of Mexico — set industrywide standards followed by many American news organizations. The White House has not stripped access from some other news outlets that have continued to use the phrase Gulf of Mexico. The gulf gained that name more than a century before the founding of the United States. At the start of his term, Mr. Trump signed an executive order renaming it as the Gulf of America in the United States. He said the new name had a 'beautiful ring.'
New York Times
16-04-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
White House Ends a Regular Reporting Slot for Independent Newswires
The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would no longer reserve a regular slot in the presidential press pool for three independent newswires that have participated for decades, including The Associated Press. The move is the latest effort by the White House to exert more control over the dedicated press corps that reports on its day-to-day activities. It was also a new wrinkle in an unfolding legal battle with The A.P., whose journalists have been barred for the past two months from covering small-scale events with the president. A federal judge said last week that the White House had to restore full access to A.P. journalists, ruling that the administration's ban amounted to a violation of the First Amendment. The White House has appealed, and a hearing is set for Thursday. The presidential press pool is a small, rotating group of reporters who are granted access to more intimate events with the president, such as Oval Office receptions, and relay the proceedings to other journalists and the broader public. It is a logistical accommodation for smaller spaces that cannot fit dozens of reporters, and an opportunity for journalists to interact up close with the president and ask him direct questions. Image
