Scripps was opposed to the restrictive membership rules of the AP as they existed then because member publishers could deny AP’s service to new publishers. His determination to fight this restriction...

Scripps was opposed to the restrictive membership rules of the AP as they existed then because member publishers could deny AP’s service to new publishers. His determination to fight this restriction led him to organize the Scripps-McRae Press Association in the Midwest and the Scripps News Association on the Pacific coast in the early 1900s.