Associated Public

NEWSWIRE UNCENSORED

For a hundred years, the news was whatever an association of the press chose to report. That era is over. The reporting now comes from the public itself: independent journalists, local outlets, eyewitnesses with a phone. ASSOCIATED PUBLIC is their association, one front page where the whole day sits side by side, mainstream included, so you can read it for yourself.

The name

ASSOCIATED PUBLIC is not a play on any wire service. It is a description of the flip. The newsroom is no longer a building; it is thousands of people reporting what they see. We gather their work in one place, and every headline leads straight back to whoever reported it.

Without narrative

Our wire is unedited, so the design does the calming. Lead images are pixelated, so a photograph cannot make the argument. The banner and lead story rotate, so no single headline sets the tone for the day. The heaviest stories settle at the bottom of the page, not the top. The aim is information without narrative, and we keep refining it.

How the page is programmed

The page runs like a radio station, not a feed algorithm. Every slot has a purpose and keeps its place from one day to the next, so regular readers always know where to look.

1. The mainstream, first. The opening links lead to mainstream coverage: live news streams from CNN, MSNBC and others, free to watch for a limited time; a mainstream headline index; a live crime search; and the weather. Begin with what everyone else is seeing.
2. The independents. Next, the leading independent news sites.
3. The reporters. Then seven of America's most-watched young independent reporters, linked directly to their own accounts.
4. The columns. National news; AI and tech, then politics; culture, then movies, faith, crime and the weird. The heavy news sits at the bottom, where the old wires kept it.

Three ways to read

The same wire comes in three looks, each made for a different kind of reader. Tap the round button in the bottom-right corner to switch; your choice stays with you for the visit.

• Newsprint, for the traditionalist. Bold tabloid type on warm paper, the front page the way it has always looked. If you like your news classic, this one is yours.
• Arcade, for the gamer. A midnight-violet game world with pixel type and optional chiptune sound (the speaker button sits just above the theme button). If you grew up on games and want your news to feel like it was made for you, it was. On a keyboard, press T to jump straight in.
• Dark Slate, for the night owl. Charcoal and sky blue with a slim nameplate, easy on the eyes after dark and straight to the news.

Really, though, they're for everyone. You never know how you'll feel on a given day. We're sure you'll try all three and settle on a favorite, just like we did.

How stories get here

• Automated, from named publishers. Headlines come from a fixed roster of 30 publisher feeds, read on our own server and refreshed every few minutes. We never rewrite a headline and never host an article; every link goes to the original source.
• Guardrails. Only a short list of established desks can hold the top story. Filler, from lottery numbers to horoscopes, is screened out automatically, and near-duplicate stories are kept apart.
• Balance by design. The mainstream leads. The independents follow. The reader decides.

What we don't do

• No paywall, no sign-up, no pop-ups.
• No tracking cookies. Visitor counts are anonymous and cookie-free.
• No outrage algorithm. Nothing is personalized; everyone sees the same front page.

Who we are

APNU began in 2012 as a domain and a finished idea, waiting for the moment it would be needed. That moment arrived in 2020, the year the old press lost its hold on the story.

Today ASSOCIATED PUBLIC runs entirely on artificial intelligence, with no staff. It is the newswire of AD. Syndicate LLC at AD.sale, a family of sites that rebuilds the newspaper we grew up with, one part at a time, each at an address that says exactly what it does:

• ASSOCIATED PUBLIC: the news.
• ads.singles: the personals.
• ad.bargains: classifieds for every town and neighborhood.
• ad.coupons: local and national deals, in the spirit of the hometown coupon book.

You pay for what you want: a personal, a classified, a coupon book. That's what pays for the news. The newswire itself has no advertisers deciding what runs.

Corrections and contact

We link rather than publish. Questions about a story's content belong with its source, and every headline links there directly. Broken links, source suggestions and legal notices go to our publisher, AD. Syndicate LLC, at syndicate@ad.sale.

The technology

ASSOCIATED PUBLIC runs on apnunews-engine v3.0, powered by The DX.Wire Engine, designed and engineered by MicroMeta Terminal Systems. For questions about DX.Wire technology and licensing, contact licensing@micrometa.net.