AP's German-language service provides domestic text and photo coverage and translates AP's international report for scores of media outlets in Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria. Based in Frankfurt, it was established in 1947 and has offices in Berlin and other German cities.
AP said it is in talks with DDP, Deutscher Depeschendienst GmbH, which distributes national and regional news in Germany, provides coverage of German business and economic news, as well as sports, culture and extensive feature stories.
The AP, founded in 1846, is the world's largest and oldest news organization. Based in New York, it is a not-for-profit cooperative owned by its U.S. newspaper membership. Its 52-year-old German subsidiary is Germany's second-largest news agency, after Deutsche Presse-Agentur, or DPA.
The Associated Press office in Bonn ca. 1966, shared with the German subsidiary at the time. Bureau Chief Carl Hartmann, (left) who retired from AP in 2006 at age 89, and Planet Guy Peter Rehak, who is not yet 89. Note the telephones in cradles so they could be shared.
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