The Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP) is the largest news agency

News agency

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 in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. ANP was founded on December 11, 1934 by the association of Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 newspapers NDP

NDP

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. The news agency’s founders sought to produce a fast, fair and accurate alternative to the existing commercial news agencies.

Privatization

In 2000, the foundation was transformed into a private company, still owned by the newspaper publishers. In 2003 NPM Capital, the private equity firm

Private equity firm

A private equity firm is an investment manager that makes investments in the private equity of operating companies through a variety of loosely affiliated investment strategies including leveraged buyout, venture capital, and growth capital...

 of the Dutch family owned conglomerate SHV

SHV

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, bought 60% of the shares from the publishers PCM Uitgevers

PCM Uitgevers

PCM Uitgevers was a Dutch publishing company. Until 2007 Apax Partners held a controlling stake in the company. In December 2009, it merged with De Persgroep to become De Persgroep Nederland...

, Telegraaf Media Groep

Telegraaf Media Groep

The Telegraaf Media Groep N.V. is a Dutch media and publishing company, mostly active on the newspapers and magazines market, but also on the Internet. It also holds small interests in ProSiebenSat.1 Media and Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau. De Telegraaf, its flagship publication, is frequently...

 en Wegener

Wegener

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. Within a year NPM sold 15% of the shares to the private equity

Private equity

Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....

 firm Halder

Halder

-Places:Netherlands* Halder , a hamletUnited States* Halder, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community...

, a subsidiary of the investment company Gimv

GIMV

Gimv is a European investment company with experience in private equity and venture capital. The company is listed on Euronext Brussels. Gimv currently manages around EUR 2.0 billion of assets ....

. A minority stake remained in the hands of the Dutch newspapers (30%) and the management (10%).

Workings

With 140 reporters, correspondents, editors and photographers ANP produces over 160.000 news articles a year, accompanied by 600.000 photos. The ANP Multimedia staff airs radio bulletins and edits news for online media and mobile phones. ANP Video produces news footage for television and major news websites. Throughout a network of international correspondents and news agencies ANP delivers foreign news to its customers. The daily production (in Dutch) consists of general, political, financial, sports and entertainment news. A selection in English is available through NIS News Bulletin.

The archives of ANP Photo consist of over 1 million digital images and 2,5 million slides. ANP owns the archives of the former Dutch photoagencies Kippa and Benelux Press.

Offices

The staff of 220 people is headquartered in Rijswijk

Rijswijk

Rijswijk is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is a suburb of The Hague and covers an area of 14.48 km² ....

, just outside The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

, with bureaus in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 (Economic, City and Entertainment), Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

 (City), The Hague (Government), Eindhoven (Regional) and Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

 (EU/NATO).

In the Netherlands, ANP represents the news agencies Agence France Presse (AFP), Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA), EFE

EFE

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 (Spain) en Belga

Belga

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(Belgium).