​A software engineer and data scientist explains why the news makes a “good, reliable source” of data and made his workflow a lot easier while working at a hedge fund.​

1. ADAM FALLS
– Stanford economics
– Genetic engineering with robots at MIT
– Quant research at data-driven hedge fund
– Data-as-a-Service

2. AP NEWS CONTENT
– Comprehensive coverage
– Widely rebroadcast
– On-the-ground journalists

3. AP NEWS DATA
– Timestamps
– Updates: Initial, last, or all version
– Metadata: Entity tags, locations & categories
News events

4. TAXONOMY: STORY EXAMPLE
NEW YORK (AP) — Newspaper publisher Gannett said Monday that it wants to buy Tribune
Publishing for more than $388 million, in a deal that would give the owner of USA Today
control of the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and several other newspapers.
But Gannett said that Tribune has refused to start "constructive discussions" about a deal
since it first offered to buy its rival earlier this month. Tribune confirmed Monday that it
received the unsolicited offer and said it "will respond to Gannett as quickly as feasible.“
Gannett wants Tribune so that it can grow its USA Today Network, an effort it launched late
last year to unite its national brand USA Today with its more than 100 local daily newspapers.
The network allows the company to share stories more easily between USA Today and its
smaller papers, which include the Detroit Free Press, The Des Moines Register and the
Asbury Park Press. Earlier this year, the company remade the logos on all its local newspaper
front pages and websites to say that they are "a part of the USA Today Network."

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6. -<ENTITY>
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<PARTYTYPE>BUSINESS_LEADER</PARTYTYPE>
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-<OTHER>
<PARTYTYPE>BUSINESS_LEADER</PARTYTYPE>
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<PARTYTYPE>PERSON</PARTYTYPE>
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</PARTY>

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<APCOMPANY_NAME>Journal Media Group Inc</APCOMPANY_NAME>
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<APSUBJECT>Industries</APSUBJECT>
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<APSUBJECT>Business</APSUBJECT>
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8. NEW DATA USES
– Tools for exploration, intuition
– Timeseries + events
– NLP: Natural language processing

9. NEW DATA USES
– Tools for exploration, intuition
– Timeseries + events
– NLP: Natural language processing

15. NEW DATA USES
– Tools for exploration, intuition
– Timeseries + events
– NLP: Natural language processing

17. NEW DATA USES
– Tools for exploration, intuition
– Timeseries + events
– NLP: Natural language processing