The company has stopped using images, articles and videos from 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.