iPhone Gets Optimized AP Newspapers

AP News has optimized the websites of more than 100 of its member newspapers for the iPhone and iPod Touch, including The Miami Herald, the San Francisco Chronicle and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The angle is presenting easier access to local news content, categorized and delivered by  users entering their ZIP codes.

Six major pubilshers helped set up the service including Advance Publications Inc. and Hearst Corp. So far, the two largest newspaper companies in the U.S., Gannett Co. and Tribune Co. have not yet decided to join the program.