# clm_50AD431465C0

subject: Associated Press (/record/associated-press.md)  
predicate: founded  
value: 1846-05-22  
valid_from: 1846-05-22  
valid_to: null  
published: 2021-05-25  
recorded: 2026-10-28  
confidence: 0.80  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-10-30  
checked: 2026-10-30 · its source page states the value and the date  

> The news agency Associated Press was founded 175 years ago in May 1846. According to Wikipedia , which takes the date from New York Natives , the prime date is May 22, 1846, so we missed the anniversary by a couple days.

What https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/05/24/175-years-of-associated-press/ says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/communication-and-mass-media/associated-press-ap-and-censorship/ (secondary, ebsco.com)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40469 (secondary, Wikidata)
- https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/05/24/175-years-of-associated-press/ (secondary, dailycartoonist.com, published 2021-05-25)

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