by: Paul Sawers | The Next Web

The Next Web was out and about at IBC in Amsterdam this past week, and we caught up with some of the key movers and shakers from the digital media space.

One of these companies was The Associated Press (AP), who you’ve no doubt encountered before, even if you don’t know it. The AP was founded way back in 1846, and today it’s one of the largest news agencies in the world – it claims that its news reaches more than half the world’s population, in some form or another.