List of wire services

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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
BNO BNO News Netherlands Tilburg Public company[5]
UPI United Press International USA
EFE Agencia EFE Spain Madrid State-owned enterprise
4E Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation USA Miami Public-benefit corporation[6]
FW Factwire News Agency Hong Kong Hong Kong Private corporation (crowd-founded by 3,300 Hongkongers)[7]
KNW Korea Newswire South Korea Seoul Private corporation[8]

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References[edit]

  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