[jknoepfler]

Isn't that essentially how the AP has functioned for over a century? (Consume press release, produce news article, often nearly verbatim.)

[relaxing]

You’re thinking of PR Newswire.

The AP pays reporters to go out and report.

[doubleg72]

I read a lot of AP articles that aren't verbatim press releases.. you must be in the classifieds or something.