List of wire services

This page contains a list of major international wire services.

Abbreviation	Name	Origin	Headquarters	Type
Reuters	Reuters	UK	London	Public company
AP	Associated Press	USA		Non-profit cooperative^[1]
PA	Press Association	UK	London	Non-profit cooperative^[2]
PAT	Pressat	UK	London	Private corporation^[3]
ANP	Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau	Netherlands	The Hague	Public company (since 2000)
AFP	Agence France-Presse	France	Paris	State-owned enterprise
CP	Canadian Press La Presse Canadienne	Canada	Toronto	Not-for-profit cooperative
DPA	Deutsche Presse-Agentur	Germany	Hamburg	Public 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
ANSA	Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata	Italy	Rome	Not-for-profit cooperative
JTA	Jewish Telegraphic Agency	United States	New York	Not-for-profit news agency^[5]
BNO	BNO News	Netherlands	Tilburg	Public company^[6]
UPI	United Press International	USA
EFE	Agencia EFE	Spain	Madrid	State-owned enterprise
Fourth Estate	Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation	USA	Washington, DC	Public-benefit cooperative^[7]
FW	Factwire News Agency	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Private corporation (crowd-founded by 3,300 Hongkongers)^[8]
KNW	Korea Newswire	South Korea	Seoul	Private corporation^[9]

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^ "About Us - BNO News". BNO News. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
^ "Fourth Estate | Democratizing News | Official Site". Fourth Estate.
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^ "List". www.koreanewswire.co.kr. Retrieved 2020-04-10.