The Bakersfield Californian, The Spokesman-Review, The Yakima Herald-Republic and Wenatchee World are all following in the footsteps of The Post Register to drop Associated Press after the AP announced new rates. And the Review is trying to drop AP without the two-year required advance notice.
Adds Rob in comments: “With Yakima and Wenatchee — two of the other major Eastern Washington papers (along with Spokane’s Spokesman-Review) — joining suit in dumping AP, I wonder if this means Washington papers might attempt something similar to OHNO (Ohio News Organization)?”
Update: As linked in the comments, here’s Spokesman-Review Editor Steven Smith’s blog post explaining the decision to drop AP.
