News agency
A
news agency is an organization of
journalists established to supply
news reports to organizations in the
news trade:
newspapers,
magazines, and
radio and
television broadcasters. They are also known as
wire services or
news services.
News agencies can be corporations that sell news (e.g.
Reuters and
All Headline News (AHN)), cooperatives composed of newspapers that share their articles with each other (e.g.
AP), commercial newswire services which charge organizations to distribute their news (e.g.
Market Wire,
Business Wire, and
PR Newswire). Governments may also control "news agencies," particularly in
authoritarian states, like
China and the
Soviet Union or non-profit organizations operated by both professionals and volunteers.
Australia,
Britain,
Canada, and many other countries also have government-funded news agencies. A recent rise in
internet-based
alternative news agencies, as a component of the larger
alternative media have emphasized a "non-corporate view," as being largely independent of the pressures of
business media.
News agencies generally prepare hard news stories and feature articles that can be used by other news organizations with little or no modification, and then sell them to other news organizations. They provide these articles in bulk electronically through wire services (originally they used
telegraphy; today they frequently use the
Internet). Corporations, individuals, analysts and
intelligence agencies may also subscribe. The business proposition of news agencies might thus be responsible for the current trends in separation of fact based
reporting from
Op-eds.
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Agence France-Presse*
All Headline News (AHN)
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Agencia Internacional de Noticias*
ANP (The
Netherlands)
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ANSA (
Italy)
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Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (Italy)
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Associated Press*
Associated Press of Pakistan -
Not associated with AP*
Australian Associated Press*
BASA-press (the first independent news agency from The Republic of Moldova)
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Bloomberg L.P.*
Canadian Press*
Canadian University Press *
China News Service, China
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City News Bureau of Chicago*
Cox Enterprises*
DPA (
Germany)
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EFE,
Agencia EFE*
ITN,
Independent Television News*
Interfax*
Inter Press Service Global news agency featuring development news
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ITIM -
Israel*
ITAR-TASS, Russia
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Kyodo News (
Japan)
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Maghreb Arab Press (
Morocco) (aka
La MAP)
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Nippon News (
Japan)
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OANA * The
Press Association (
UK)
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Pacific News Service*
Petra (Agency) (
Jordan)
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Press Trust of India* , Ukraine
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Reuters*
United Press International*
Xinhua News Agency, China
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Yonhap, KoreaNews agencies are distinct from
news syndicates that distribute
comic strips and other editorial material, such as columns and features, and also from
PR services that distribute press releases. Sometimes news agencies have separate arms for such work, but many such organizations are completely separate.
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Asia Corporate News Network*
Business Wire *
CCN Matthews*
CNW Group*
Empire Information Services*
Eworldwire*
Japan Corporate News Network*
Market Wire*
New Oceania*
Nonprofit Newswire*
PR Newswire*
PrimeZone*
TransWorldNews*
Wireless Flash News*
News Agencies in Pakistan*
PRFree*
ClickPress*
Newsmotto*
USPRwire*
UKPRwire*
Scitech News*
CSUWIRE
