diff --git a/lib/routes/apnews/utils.ts b/lib/routes/apnews/utils.ts
index b8ce492725b385..02b462f6239ecf 100644
--- a/lib/routes/apnews/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/routes/apnews/utils.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function fetchArticle(item) {
                 description: $('div.RichTextStoryBody').html() || $(':is(.VideoLead, .VideoPage-pageSubHeading)').html(),
                 category: [...(section ? [section] : []), ...(ldjson.keywords ?? [])],
                 guid: $("meta[name='brightspot.contentId']").attr('content'),
-                author: ldjson.author?.map((e) => e.mainEntity),
+                author: ldjson.author,
             };
         } else {
             // Live