New York: The Associated Press is revising the way it edits and distributes stories in a transition designed to tailor its structure to the faster-paced 21st century media world.

The package of changes, being dubbed as "AP2.0," centers around a new structure of four regional editing hubs across the US, which will handle the full array of editing duties currently distributed across a Byzantine mix of desks around the US.

"The goal is... to speed up delivery of ...