List of wire services

This page contains a list of major international wire services.

Abbreviation Name Origin Headquarters Type
ReutersReutersUKLondonPublic company
APAssociated PressUSANon-profit cooperative[1]
PAPress AssociationUKLondonNon-profit cooperative[2]
PATPressatUKLondonPrivate corporation[3]
ANPAlgemeen Nederlands PersbureauNetherlandsThe HaguePublic company (since 2000)
AFPAgence France-PresseFranceParisState-owned enterprise
CPCanadian Press
La Presse Canadienne		CanadaTorontoNot-for-profit cooperative
DPADeutsche Presse-AgenturGermanyHamburgPublic company (with a limit that no shareholder may own more than 1.5% of the shares)[4]
AA Anadolu Agency Turkey Ankara State-owned enterprise
ANSAAgenzia Nazionale Stampa AssociataItalyRomeNot-for-profit cooperative
BNOBNO NewsNetherlandsTilburgPublic company[5]
UPIUnited Press InternationalUSA
EFEAgencia EFESpainMadridState-owned enterprise
4EFourth Estate Public Benefit CorporationUSAMiamiPublic-benefit corporation[6]
FWFactwire News AgencyHong KongHong KongPrivate corporation (crowd-founded by 3,300 Hongkongers)[7]
KNWKorea NewswireSouth KoreaSeoulPrivate corporation[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ap.org/pages/about/faq.html#2
  2. ↑ http://www.pressassociation.com
  3. ↑ http://www.pressat.co.uk
  4. ↑ dpa - Ownership
  5. ↑ "About Us - BNO News". BNO News. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  6. ↑ https://www.fourthestate.co
  7. ↑ https://factwire.news/en/about.html
  8. ↑ http://www.koreanewswire.co.kr/?cd=90
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