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.
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.
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.