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AP Spanish
The worldwide Spanish wire focuses on topics that matter most to Hispanics.
AP Spanish offers more than 300 news items a day, including breaking news and spot features from 22 Associated Press bureaus across Latin America, plus top international and United States news, business, entertainment and sports, all updated around the clock. A similar service is available for online use.
By adding AP Spanish to your station’s programming you will:
  • Be able to create powerful daily and weekly features that can be sponsored to drive revenue for your station.
  • Become the source for the latest in celebrity entertainment news, interviews and special events.
Highlights of AP Spanish Coverage include:

Spot news coverage from Latin America

80 to 100 stories per day from our experienced news staff in locations including Asuncion, Bogotá, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Guatemala, Havana, La Paz, Lima, Managua, Mexico City, Monterrey, Montevideo, Panama City, Quito, Rio de Janeiro, San Jose, San Juan, San Salvador, Santiago, Sao Paulo and Tegucigalpa.

Top world & U.S. news

Sixty-80 stories a day on the top breaking news and trends from around the world, provided in Spanish and updated throughout the news cycle. The daily U.S. report consists of 20-30 stories Monday through Friday, including coverage of politics, business and technology, sports, lifestyle, health and medicine. Heavy emphasis is placed on Hispanic and immigration issues. The report also includes daily entertainment briefs, the U.S. financial markets opening and noon stories, business briefs and a daily weather forecast.

Soccer

Latin American Soccer: Daily coverage of transfers, injuries and all major developments in South and Central America and Mexico. National league coverage includes roundups as soon as the games end, accompanied by standings.

We emphasize Argentine, Brazilian and Mexican leagues. Coverage of international tournaments such as Libertadores Cup, World Cup qualifiers and World Cup games includes individual previews the day before the matches, 300-500 word stories immediately after the games and reactions, as well as 500-word scene-setters and roundups. We also file daily glances (standings, results, next games) on those tournaments.
Other international Soccer: Daily coverage of all major developments, focusing on top international stars and Latin American players in Europe. Plus roundups on national league games, 500-word scene-setters, and glances on international tournaments such as the Champions League, UEFA Cup and World Cup qualifying games.
U.S. Soccer: Leads of 100-200 words on every MLS game; glance.

Baseball

Major League Baseball: Leads and box scores on every MLB game, with full stories on top games and those involving teams with Latin American players or a large Hispanic fan base.

Stories include a linescore and a brief summary of the performance of every Hispanic player in that game. Briefs of 250 words on secondary games, and at least 100 words on games that end late at night. Daily coverage during the season also includes glances and expanded glances for each league; league leaders, and the next day’s starting pitchers.

We expand game coverage during the playoffs, including longer stories and reactions. Spring-season coverage includes previews for each team, dozens of training camp stories focusing on Latin American players, and brief stories on pre-season exhibition games.

Other Sports

  • NBA: Brief stories of 100-150 words on every game; nightly roundup and glance.
  • NFL: Brief stories of 100-150 words each game, a roundup on Sundays and a glance.
  • NHL: AP provides glances upon request.
  • Boxing: Coverage of all major fights, and frequent coverage from Las Vegas of lower-card fights involving Latin American boxers.

Business and economy

The AP Spanish wire includes 20-30 business items per day, including 10-20 of the top financial and economic stories from Latin America and around the world.

Also included are daily closing stories on the NYSE, Dow Jones, London dollar-gold, U.S. grain markets, the Japan markets, and major Latin American financial markets including Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Rio and San Paulo. U.S. coverage includes the financial markets’ opening and noon stories, plus daily business briefs.



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Become the source for the latest information, accurate and up-to-date.

300+ stories per day including breaking news, international news, business, entertainment and sports.

Your staff has access to a widely varied story selection to ensure you can customize the content for your particular audience mix.

80-100 stories per day from staff located in Asuncion, Bogota, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Guatemala, Havana, La Paz, Lima, Managua, Mexico City, Quito, Monterrey, Montevideo, Panama City, Rio de Janeiro, San Jose, San Juan, San Salvador, Santiago, Sao Paulo and Tegucigalpa.

Give your staff the ability to provide more material related to immigration issues without expending additional resources to gather new information.

AP Spanish places a heavy emphasis on issues of Hispanic immigration to the United States.

Save money by consolidating existing information sources to the AP, and get a fully rounded news service that includes a wide variety of content.

Daily entertainment briefs, US Financial markets opening and noon stories, business briefs, daily weather, sports general news and international news.

Easy access to all things Futbol

Daily coverage of transfers, injuries and all major developments in South and Central America and Mexico. National League coverage includes roundups as soon as games end accompanied by standings.

Fast and complete coverage of US Soccer makes it easy for your producers to prepare on air reports and coverage.

“At a Glance” stories on every MLS game.

Your staff can follow the performance of every Hispanic player in Major League Baseball and maintain a competitive edge on the air without expending hours of time to research.

MLB - leads and box scores on every game with full stories on top games and those involving teams with Latin American players or a large Hispanic fan base.

One place for easy access to Major League Baseball coverage makes your staff more efficient.

Spring season coverage, training camp stories focused on Latin American players, expanded coverage for league leaders and next day starting pitchers.

Give your sales staff new revenue opportunities by packaging information to sell to the financial category.

20-30 business items per day including the top financial stories from Latin America and the world. Includes daily closing on the NYSE, Dow Jones, London and Japan markets. Also includes major Latin American markets including Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Rio and Sao Paulo. US coverage includes the financial markets opening, noon stories and daily business briefs.

Your staff can tailor the information to your specific audience.

AP Spanish includes US News as well as US Entertainment

You can count on accuracy and experience to ensure your station has the best and latest information available.

Along with Spanish-speaking reporters based throughout Latin America, we run an experienced translation desk that works in the idiom and cultural context most appropriate to each story, using Mexican phrasing for stories from Mexico, Caribbean terms for stories from that region, etc.

Your staff can spend time developing content for your station instead of translating English copy to Spanish.

AP Spanish content is delivered in Spanish.

You can add specialized services to further customize the content to match the mix of your audience.

The Caribbean Wire - English language feed of news of interest to the Caribbean. The Puerto Rico Wire - Spanish language wire includes a calendar of events and briefs of interest to Puerto Rico residents.



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