CNN launches new wire service

The New York Times reports that CNN is offering a wire service to newspapers, an effort to provide an alternative to The Associated Press.
This week, editors from about 30 newspapers will travel to Atlanta to learn more about the service, which could provide coverage of local, national and international events on a smaller scale and at a lower cost than the AP.
The story says, “The reality is we don’t have a lot of relationships with newspapers,” said Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide. “We have relationships with TV stations around the world.” Mr. Walton said the meeting this week, which CNN has billed the “CNN Newspaper Summit,” is “kind of a get-to-know-you.”