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A news agency is an organization of journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
s established to supply news
NeWS

NeWS was a windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid 1980s. Originally known as "SunDew", its primary authors were James Gosling and David S....
 reports to organizations in the news trade: newspaper
Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
s, magazine
Magazine

for quarterly in Heraldry see Quartering Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of Article , generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscription, or all three....
s, and radio
All-news radio

All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news.All-news radio is available in both local and radio syndication forms, and is carried in some form on both major US satellite radio networks....
 and television
News broadcasting

News broadcasting is the broadcasting of various News and other information via television or radio. The content is usually either produced locally in a newsroom, or by a broadcast network....
 broadcasters. These are known as wire services or news services.

oldest news agency is Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse is the oldest news agency in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. It is also the largest France news agency....
 (AFP). It was founded in 1835 by a Parisian translator and advertising agent, Charles-Louis Havas
Charles-Louis Havas

Charles-Louis Havas was a France writer and founder of the news agency Agence France-Presse .Born at Rouen, Havas can be regarded as the founder of the concept of a press agency....
 as Agence Havas. Two of his employees, Paul Julius Reuter
Paul Reuter

Paul Julius Freiherr von Reuter was a Germans entrepreneur and later naturalized United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland citizen. The pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting was journalist and media owner, the founder of Reuters news agency....
 and Bernhard Wolff
Bernhard Wolff

Bernhard Wolff was a Germany media mogul. He was editor of the Vossische Zeitung, founder of the National Zeitung , and founder of Wolffs Telegraphisches Bureau , one of the first press agencies in Europe and one of the three great European telegraph monopolies until the World War II-era, the other two being the English Reuters and t...
, later set up rival news agencies in London and Berlin respectively.






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A news agency is an organization of journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
s established to supply news
NeWS

NeWS was a windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid 1980s. Originally known as "SunDew", its primary authors were James Gosling and David S....
 reports to organizations in the news trade: newspaper
Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
s, magazine
Magazine

for quarterly in Heraldry see Quartering Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of Article , generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscription, or all three....
s, and radio
All-news radio

All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news.All-news radio is available in both local and radio syndication forms, and is carried in some form on both major US satellite radio networks....
 and television
News broadcasting

News broadcasting is the broadcasting of various News and other information via television or radio. The content is usually either produced locally in a newsroom, or by a broadcast network....
 broadcasters. These are known as wire services or news services.

History

The oldest news agency is Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse is the oldest news agency in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. It is also the largest France news agency....
 (AFP). It was founded in 1835 by a Parisian translator and advertising agent, Charles-Louis Havas
Charles-Louis Havas

Charles-Louis Havas was a France writer and founder of the news agency Agence France-Presse .Born at Rouen, Havas can be regarded as the founder of the concept of a press agency....
 as Agence Havas. Two of his employees, Paul Julius Reuter
Paul Reuter

Paul Julius Freiherr von Reuter was a Germans entrepreneur and later naturalized United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland citizen. The pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting was journalist and media owner, the founder of Reuters news agency....
 and Bernhard Wolff
Bernhard Wolff

Bernhard Wolff was a Germany media mogul. He was editor of the Vossische Zeitung, founder of the National Zeitung , and founder of Wolffs Telegraphisches Bureau , one of the first press agencies in Europe and one of the three great European telegraph monopolies until the World War II-era, the other two being the English Reuters and t...
, later set up rival news agencies in London and Berlin respectively. In order to reduce overhead and develop the lucrative advertising side of the business, Havas’s sons, who had succeeded him in 1852, signed agreements with Reuter and Wolff, giving each news agency an exclusive reporting zone in different parts of Europe.

Commercial services

News agencies can be corporations that sell news (e.g. Press Association
Press Association

The Press Association is the national news agency of the United Kingdom and Ireland, supplying news wire to almost all national and local newspapers, TV & radio news as well as many websites....
, Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters is an information company created by The Thomson Corporation's purchase of Reuters on 17 April 2008. It is a dual listed company with two parent companies: Thomson Reuters plc is a British company and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, and Thomson Reuters Corporation is a Canadian company and a constituent of the S&P...
, UPI
United Press International

United Press International is a news agency headquartered in the United States with roots dating back to 1907. Once a mainstay in the newswire service along with Associated Press and Reuters, it began to decline as afternoon newspapers, its chief client category, began to fail with the rising popularity of television news....
). Other agencies work cooperatively with large media companies, generating their news centrally and sharing local news stories the major news agencies may chose to pick up and redistribute ( i.e. AP
Associated Press

The Associated Press is an Media of the United States news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, Radio station and Television station stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staffers....
, Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse is the oldest news agency in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. It is also the largest France news agency....
 (AFP), ). Commercial newswire services charge businesses to distribute their news (e.g. Business Wire
Business Wire

Business Wire is a company that disseminates full-text news releases from thousands of companies and organizations worldwide to news media, financial markets, disclosure systems, investors, information web sites, databases and other audiences....
, the Hugin Group
Hugin Group

The Hugin Group distributes full-text, unedited News releases from companies around the world. With a focus on European newswire distribution to the news media , Hugin has strategic relationships with partners in the US and in Asia This group operates under a unique brand : Hugin....
, Market Wire, PR Newswire
PR Newswire

PR Newswire started out in 1954 as a vendor hired by companies and agencies to send out text press releases to the media. Today, PR Newswire is hired by corporations, PR firms and NGOs to deliver news and multimedia content....
, and ABN Newswire
ABN Newswire

ABN Newswire disseminates full-text news announcements and media from companies and organizations worldwide to news media, financial markets, disclosure systems, investors, information web sites, mobile devices, databases and other audiences....
). Governments may also control news agencies: China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
 (Xinhua), Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (ITAR-TASS) and other countries also have government-funded news agencies which also use information from other agencies well.

The major 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
Telegraphy

Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters. Radiotelegraphy or wireless telegraphy transmits messages using radio....
; today they frequently use the Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
). Corporations, individuals, analysts and intelligence agencies may also subscribe.

Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
-based alternative news agencies
News agency (alternative)

An alternative news agency operates in a similar fashion to a commercial news agency, but defines itself as an alternative to commercial or "mainstream" operations....
 as a component of the larger alternative media
Alternative media

Alternative media are media which are alternatives to the business or government-owned mass media. Proponents of alternative media argue that the mainstream media are biased....
 emphasizes a "non-corporate view" that is independent of the pressures of corporate media
Corporate media

"Corporate media" is a term which refers to a system of media production, distribution, ownership, and funding which is dominated by corporations, and is governed by the capitalism imperatives of maximizing profits for the investors, stockholders, and advertisers....
, business media and government-generated news and releases.

Major news agencies

  • ABN Newswire
    ABN Newswire

    ABN Newswire disseminates full-text news announcements and media from companies and organizations worldwide to news media, financial markets, disclosure systems, investors, information web sites, mobile devices, databases and other audiences....
  • Agencia Brasil
    Agência Brasil

    Radiobras or Ag?ncia Brasil or ABr is the national Broadcastinger and a public agency of Brazil. The name is a Portmanteau word of Radiodifus?o Brasil ....
  • Agence France-Presse
    Agence France-Presse

    Agence France-Presse is the oldest news agency in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. It is also the largest France news agency....
  • AGI Agenzia Giornalisitica Italia
  • AI-Agencia Internacional
  • ANSA (news_agency)
    ANSA (news agency)

    ANSA , is the leading wire service in Italy, and one of the leaders among world news agencies. ANSA is a not-for-profit cooperative, whose members and owners are 36 leading news organizations in Italy....
  • Associated Press
    Associated Press

    The Associated Press is an Media of the United States news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, Radio station and Television station stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staffers....
  • Arya News Agency
  • BBC News
    BBC News

    BBC News, formerly BBC News and Current Affairs, is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporation's news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online....
  • Bernama
    BERNAMA

    BERNAMA or Malaysian National News Agency is an authorised body set up by an Act of Parliament in 1967 and started work on 26 May 1968. BERNAMA has branches in every state in Malaysia....
  • Bloomberg L.P.
    Bloomberg L.P.

    Bloomberg L.P. is a closely held financial software, news and data company. It has a one-third share of the market, similar to Thomson Reuters....
  • Central News Agency
    Central News Agency (Republic of China)

    The Central News Agency is the state news agency of the Republic of China. It was founded in Guangzhou, China on April 1, 1924 and was relocated to Taipei, Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War when the Republic of China government relocated to Taiwan....
     (Taiwan)
  • CSRWire Canada
  • Deutsche Presse-Agentur
    Deutsche Presse-Agentur

    Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH is a news agency founded in 1949 in Germany.Based in Hamburg, it has grown to be a major worldwide operation serving print media, radio, television, online, mobile phones, and national news agencies....
  • EIN Presswire
  • EFE
    EFE

    EFE is a Spanish news agency created in 1939 by Ram?n Serrano S??er and Manuel Aznar Zubigaray while the former was Spain's minister of the press and propaganda....
  • European Pressphoto Agency
    European Pressphoto Agency

    European Pressphoto Agency is one of the leading news photo agencies in the world. Established in 1985 by seven major Western European photo agencies the vision of the company was initially driven by a demand for an independent high quality world picture service to meet the needs of Europe?s leading news agencies....
  • Interfax
  • Inter Press Service
    Inter Press Service

    Inter Press Service is a global news agency. Its main focus is the production of independent news and analysis about events and processes affecting economic, social and political international development....
  • ITAR-TASS
    Information Telegraph Agency of Russia

    The Information Telegraph Agency of Russia , is the major news agency of Russia. It is headquartered in Moscow....
  • Kyodo News
    Kyodo News

    Kyodo News is a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Minato, Tokyo. It was established in 1945 and it distributes news to almost all newspapers, and radio and television networks in Japan....
  • Magyar Távirati Iroda
    Magyar Távirati Iroda

    MTI is a Hungary news agency. One of the oldest news agencies in the world, it was founded in 1880.MTI is owned by MTI Rt., founded by the Parliament....
  • Market Wire
  • NewswireToday
  • Notimex
    Notimex

    Notimex is the semi-official Mexico news agency. It was created on August 20, 1968, to handle information about the 1968 Summer Olympics. It is headquartered in Mexico City, and has eight regional coordinating offices throughout Mexico, and a staff of over 300 writers, editors, photographers, reporters and correspondents....
  • OBSNews
  • Press Association
    Press Association

    The Press Association is the national news agency of the United Kingdom and Ireland, supplying news wire to almost all national and local newspapers, TV & radio news as well as many websites....
  • Press Trust of India
    Press Trust of India

    Press Trust of India is the largest news agency in India. It is headquartered in Delhi and is a nonprofit cooperative among more than 450 Indian newspapers and has a staff of about 2,000 writers spread across 150 offices nationwide....
  • PR Newswire
    PR Newswire

    PR Newswire started out in 1954 as a vendor hired by companies and agencies to send out text press releases to the media. Today, PR Newswire is hired by corporations, PR firms and NGOs to deliver news and multimedia content....
  • Reuters
    Reuters

    Reuters Group Limited is a United_Kingdom-based, Canadian controlled news agency and former financial market data provider that provides reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters....
  • RIA Novosti
  • UNIAN
  • United Press International
    United Press International

    United Press International is a news agency headquartered in the United States with roots dating back to 1907. Once a mainstay in the newswire service along with Associated Press and Reuters, it began to decline as afternoon newspapers, its chief client category, began to fail with the rising popularity of television news....
  • Xinhua News Agency
    Xinhua News Agency

    The Xinhua News Agency is the official press agency of the government of the People's Republic of China and the biggest center for collecting information and press conferences in the PRC....
  • Yonhap
    Yonhap

    Yonhap News Agency is a state news agency based in the capital Seoul, South Korea that supplies domestic and foreign news and information to List of South Korean newspapers and List of Korean TV networks and other media in South Korea....
  • PTI


Market effects

Many publicly traded companies solicit business analysis firms to produce favourable reports and then submit these through wire services. These stories often form the basis for public news about a company and may affect stock performance. AGI Agenzia Giornalistica Italia