What's New in AP Exchange?

• Video Script and Shotlist Details Revealed
  The script and shotlist details are displayed in the Content window for video content. For bulk downloads, these details are also displayed in the download manifest file.

• Money & Markets Content Now Available
  AP Money & Markets content (up-to-date financial data and reporting creatively formatted into coherent, concise presentations) is available from the Essential AP portlet under Business Money & Markets, Business Real Estate or Business Personal Finance.

• Notifications and WebFeeds Distribution Available for My Local Companies
  Users have the ability to set e-mail notifications and WebFeeds distribution for topics in the My Local Companies portlet.

• New Functionality for Some Search Category Headings
  Some category headings in the Left column portlets may yield search results.

• Link to Internal AP Exchange Web Pages
  To quickly access Marketplace features (or any other AP Exchange features), a new portlet type appears in the Left column to direct users to internal Web site pages.

• Audio Cut Numbers Added to the Slug
  Since many audio cuts (when taken from the same event) can have the same slug, the cut number will be added to the slug to further identify audio content.

• Uploading Executive Compensation Documents to Hosted News (for Hosted AP Editors only)
  AP Editors can upload Executive Compensation documents via the Upload to Hosted page to create Hosted 2 Supplemental Documents Data Sources.

• Various Marketplace Changes (for participating Newspaper companies only):

• • Saved Search Functionality Available for Marketplace Topics
    Saved search functionality (including the ability to set e-mail notifications and WebFeeds distribution) will be available for topics in the Marketplace portlet.

  • Automatic Publishing to Marketplace
    Marketplace members will have the ability to automatically publish their feed content to their Group, State or National Marketplace via the Contribution Lineup page.

  • Increased Visibility of Content’s Source
    When available, the source (story originator) for Marketplace content will be displayed in the search results and in the Content window.

  • Support for Embargoed Marketplace Content
    Embargoed content entering the Marketplace via Member feeds cannot be viewed until the embargo has expired.

  • Ability to Select All Link or Refile Options from the Contribution Lineup Page
    Options are added to the top of the Link and Refile columns that allow users to select all Link or Refile options from the Published tab in the Contribution Lineup page.

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• Allow ANPA Downloads
  Users can now download ANPA text stories from the Content window. ANPA content expires after three days.

• Uploading Supplemental Documents to Hosted News (for Hosted AP Editors only)
  The Upload to Hosted page allows AP Editors to upload AP Exchange content to create Hosted 2 Supplemental Documents Data Sources. The Hosted Contribution Lineup page allows you to view your saved (non-published) and uploaded (published) supplemental documents.

• User Administration Governed by OrgAdministration Role
  User Administration can only be performed by Organization Administrators (OrgAdministration role); this functionality is no longer available to Managers.

• Various Marketplace Changes (for participating Newspaper users only):

• • New Copyright Box Default
    By default, the Copyright box on the Contribute Story page is now automatically populated with the organization’s name; however, a contributor is free to change this value.

  • New Dateline Boxes
    The previous free form dateline boxes are all replaced the new City box and the State and Country menus.

  • Community Page – Validate Favorite Links URLs
    Add missing “http://” validation for the Favorite Links URLs on the <State> Community page.

  • New Datafeatures Topic
    Datafeatures content (from third-party customers) can now be accessed from the Marketplace portlet.

For Photos (JPEGs) only:

1. • Specifying JPEG Destinations During Submission
     Users can now upload JPEGs (using the Contribute Story page) to multiple destinations (so far, only Marketplace and AP Editors). Any associated IPTC metadata is populated into the Contribute Story page. Any confirmed metadata changes made via this page will overwrite the photo's IPTC metadata.

   • Selecting a JPEG’s Audience Scope Across Destination Channels
     Contributors can now specify whether to publish a JPEG locally, state-wide, nationally or globally.

   • New Metadata Boxes for Sending JPEGs to AP Photo Editors
     The Upload boxes on the Contribute Story page have been moved to the top of the page. In addition, new metadata boxes appear that are relevant for including your JPEGs to the AP Report.

   • Track JPEGs Sent to AP Editors
     JPEGs uploaded to AP Editors appear in the Marketplace Contribution Lineup tab, denoted by the AP Editor icon ().

   • Additional OUTing Restrictions Available for JPEGs
     On the Contribute Story page, contributors now have the ability to specify additional OUTing restrictions for photos other than a list of OUTed newspapers, with restrictions such as “No Internet” or “No Redistribution.” These OUTings must correspond to a controlled vocabulary list.

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• Various Marketplace Changes (for participating Newspaper users only):

• • Marketplace Content Accessibility
    Users can now access Marketplace content for up to one year.

  • Group News Distribution
    It is now possible for Newspapers to share news with members of their own newspaper group.

  • Scheduling Contributed News
    On the Contribute Story page, contributors now have the ability to schedule the publishing of contributed stories.

  • New <State> Community Page
    This page allows users to view Marketplace usage statistics, top useful links and RSS feeds.

  • New Community Page Management Page
    This page allows Bureau Chiefs to customize their state community pages.

  • Digital Cooperative Content
    The Contribution Lineup page (Published Items tab) now displays member content that was submitted to the Digital Cooperative for content enrichment. If desired, users can publish (or refile) this content to the Marketplace.

• Bulk Downloading
  AP Exchange now allows users to download multiple stories of any media type. Users can select the media rendition type (for example, Real Video (14.515 MB) vs. RealTime Video (16.473 MB)) and review their bulk download history.

• New Showcases Portlet
  AP can now create showcases (using the watch list functionality) with hand-picked content of interest to users and display these collections in all users accounts. Showcases can be customized per business unit.

• Dayparting (for Broadcast users only)
  Broadcast users are entitled to products that are dependent on the time zone and time of day.

• Audio Content Availability
  AP Exchange now only offers up to three days of audio content.

• Narrowing Search Topics Using the Browse Topics Tab
  AP Exchange now provides an option for you to specify whether you want to update (restrict) the hierarchical topic list to reflect topics found within your search results. If this option is not selected, the topic list will not update to reflect your new search results.

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• New Media Types
  AP Exchange now offers audio and interactives (interactive Flash demonstrations or presentations) content.

• New Save and Refresh Search Buttons
  The Save Search and Refresh Search links have been replaced with new buttons.

• New Topic Portlets in the Left Column
  The Links and Resources portlet displays links to external Web sites and database resources; the Digital Portlet (where enabled) displays AP Digital topics.

• Narrow Search Results by Browsing AP Topics
  After running a search, users can now narrow their results even further by selecting a specific news topic from the Browse Topics tab in the Left Column.

• Date and Time Localization
  Previously, AP Exchange displayed U.S. date and time formats for all content. Now, AP Exchange allows users to set their preferred date and local time formats, making content dates and times appear according to your settings.

• View Text Stories Up to 30 Days Old
  AP Exchange now allows you to search for Text stories that are up to 30 days old; however, still only up to two weeks for all other media types.

• View 2008 Olympic Sports and State Athlete Stories
  The Essential AP portlet contains a new category under Sports entitled "Olympics" that allows users to access stories on each 2008 Olympic sport and (where enabled) each state's Olympic athletes.

• Watch NBC Olympic Videos
  Users can now search for NBC video coverage of the 2008 Olympics and play them from NBC's Web site using the Microsoft Silverlight player.

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• Welcome AP Digital and AP Broadcast Customers!
  AP Exchange is now available to AP Digital and AP Broadcast customers. However, not all features are available to all customers. Various sections of this guide indicate whether a feature is available to a specific customer type.

• Viewing and Contributing of AP Member Content
  AP Newspaper members can use the Marketplace feature to freely share news content with other participating AP members.

• Managing Passwords
  Users designated as managers can reset passwords for temporary user accounts.

• Setting Messages
  Users designated as managers can change the Login page message and the announcement message on the home page.

• Saved Search Sharing
  Share your saved searches with other AP Exchange users within your organization.

• Company Names for Stock Ticker Symbols
  Assign a descriptive or company label to the ticker symbols that you created.

• Pagination for Search Results
  Navigate to a specific page by entering its page number.

• Download History for News Items
  View your organization's download history for a specific news item.

• User Administration Page
  Site Administrators and Bureau Chiefs can perform basic user administration functions for users within their organization(s).

• Advance/Hold for Release (HFR) Default Setting
  All users can receive advanced or Hold for Release (HFR) content. By default, the ADV/HFR setting on the Account Settings page is now enabled.

• Syndication Feed Server URL Change
  When you click the Feeds icon for a saved search item, the feed URL now correctly points to the AP WebFeeds Server.

• Manage button in the Navigation bar
  The Saved Searches button has been replaced by the Manage button, which allows you to manage your saved searches, local companies and watch lists.

• Watch List Management Page
  You now have another way to perform watch list management functions.

• Watch List Sharing
  You can now share your watch lists with other AP Exchange users within your organization.

• My Companies Portlet
  Click a ticker symbol from this portlet to search for all current financial news related to the company.

• My Local Companies Management Page
  You can view all of the stock ticker symbols created by you and your fellow organization users and choose the ticker symbols that you want to appear in the My Companies portlet.

• Search History Portlet
  For your current login session, AP Exchange saves a listing of all searches that you ran from the Search box.

• Contact Us Link
  Click this new link (next to the Logout link) to view general AP information and contact details for editorial and technical support.