{"entity":"associated-press","id":"ent_associated-press","name":"Associated Press","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/associated-press/founded","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, Associated Press's founding date on the AsOf record is May 22, 1846, dated May 22, 1846, from 2 secondary sources (ebsco.com and dailycartoonist.com). The record holds 1 claim on Associated Press's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_50AD431465C0"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_50AD431465C0","value":"1846-05-22","valid_from":"1846-05-22","valid_to":null,"published":"2021-05-25","recorded":"2026-10-28","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/communication-and-mass-media/associated-press-ap-and-censorship/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"ebsco.com","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40469","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/05/24/175-years-of-associated-press/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"dailycartoonist.com","published_at":"2021-05-25T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"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.","url":"https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/05/24/175-years-of-associated-press/"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Associated Press's current founding date?","answer":"May 22, 1846, dated May 22, 1846, from 2 secondary sources (ebsco.com and dailycartoonist.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}