Jim Walton, CNN Global president of Time Warner, said Monday

According to foreign media reports, Jim Walton Jim Walton, CNN's global president, said in Monday that the company had stopped using images, articles and videos from the Associated Press and would focus on developing its own international news gathering business. This marks the end of a 20 alliance between CNN and the Associated Press.

Walton announced the decision in a memo to employees in Monday. "From now on, CNN's own news will become a major source of content for all of the company's platforms and services," Walton said. "In addition, Walton said,

CNN has signed a new agreement with Reuters to supplement its important news content. CNN abandoned the use of Thomson Reuters in August 2007 because the latter made a decision to raise prices. A Thomson Reuters spokeswoman confirmed the news in Monday.

CNN made a decision to discard AP content after CNN failed to reach a new authorization agreement with The Associated Press. Associated Press partners, including several newspapers, are dissatisfied with the Associated Press because of fees and news coverage. "It is a pity that CNN viewers will not be able to see current events and global reports from The Associated Press," Paul Colft Paul Colford, a spokesman for the Associated Press, said in a statement. ”

Walton also said CNN was expanding its CNN cable team. In addition, CNN will create a new "CNN Share" Team, which will be responsible for creating early warning systems and collecting editorial content for important news, and then sharing them through websites, mobile phones and TV.