WASHINGTON – Bay News 9, Tampa Bay's leading 24-hour TV news operation, has signed on with the Associated Press to provide the market's #1 local news website www.baynews9.com with a comprehensive and customized package of the latest state, national and worldwide news and information updated 24/7. AP Online provides the latest news, politics, entertainment, business and sports headlines, updated around the clock in a flexible and easy-to-customize format.

In addition to this newest service, Bay News 9 currently uses AP's ENPS news production system, as well as NewsPower text and GraphicsBank photo services. Bright House Networks' Bay News 9 is a 24-hour cable news network in the Tampa/St.Petersburg market that serves approximately 1 million households.

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With a daily reach of 1 billion people around the world, The Associated Press provides content to more than 15,000 news outlets around the world, including more than 5,000 television and radio stations and 1,000 U.S. media Web sites. They depend on AP for text stories, audio, video, graphics, and photo services for building their on-air and online products and services. AP offers coverage of news, sports, business news, political news, technology news, entertainment and weather. AP's multimedia services are distributed by satellite and the Internet to more than 120 nations.