International news agencies

“NEWS AGENCE”
A news agency is an organization that
gathers news reports and sells them to
subscribing news organizations, such as
newspapers, magazines and radio and
television broadcasters.

“NATIONAL NEWS
AGENCIES OF PAKISTAN”
 APP
 PPI
 INP
 SABAH
 NNI
 ANN
 OINN
 APS

1) APP - Associated Press of
Pakistan
 The Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) started its life in 1947
with the independence of Pakistan.
 The news agency is playing a leading role by supplying
authentic and credible news to the print and electronic media
round-the-clock. Around one thousand news, over two hundred
pictures and clean feed of Video News Service (VNS)
containing important events and developments are put on wire
daily for onward consumption by the media subscribers.
 The number of news reports, released to the National Media
daily in English, Urdu, Sindhi and Pushto languages have
recorded significant improvement with complete domination
over all other news agencies in the country.
 Beginning its life in small buildings in Karachi, Lahore and
Rawalpindi with the reporters relying on bulky typewriters and
noisy teleprinters, the APP over the years has grown into a
state-of-the-art and modern news organization.

2) PPI - Pakistan Press
International :
 When it comes to who leads the news industry in Pakistan so in
the majority of people’s minds the only one name comes and
that is none other than “Pakistan Press International” which is
the country’s top and independent news agency and it was
launched in 1956 and since then it has been the prominent
name of Pakistan news industry. Since the beginning of its
career, the “PPI” has been the reliable source of publishing
news of all kinds to its readers of different kinds. PPA also built
up a network of correspondents in the smaller cities and towns
in Pakistan. This was in contrast to APP, which had coverage in
a limited number of large cities. For foreign news the agency
signed up with the Agence France-Press (AFP) in 1957, and a
year later became the first Asian partner of DPA. PPA also
posted a correspondent in the Middle East, an area of special
interest to Pakistani newspapers. In 1958, the agency installed
the teleprinters in the offices of its clients. By 1960, PPI had
subscribers in all the major newspapers centers of Pakistan,
namely Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Dacca.

3) INP - INP (Independent
News Pakistan :
 INP.net.pk is among the Pakistan leaders in
online news and information delivery. Staffed
24 hours, seven days a week by a dedicated
staff in INP Capital headquarters in Islamabad,
and in bureaus Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi,
Queatta & Azad Kashmir, with more than 1000
correspondent all our the Pakistan and world,
INP.net.pk relies heavily on INP's team of
almost 100 news professionals. INP.net.pk
features the latest technologies, to searchable
archives of news features and background
information. The site is updated continuously
throughout the day.

4) SABAH - South Asian
Broadcasting Agency:
 South Asian Broadcasting Agency -
ACCURATE AND RELIABLE.
 Chief Editor is Shakil Ahmed Turabi.
 It is a Public company.

5) NNI - News Network
International:
NNI News or News Network International (NNI) is a
private- operated national news agency of Pakistan. It is
a Pakistan's most prominent news agency after
Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) and competitor of
INP, ANN, Online, INN, PPA and SABAH. It was
established in 1992 and headquartered in G-7 zero
point, Islamabad. It have also offices in other major
cities of Pakistan including Lahore, Karachi, Quetta and
Peshawar. It have hundreds of reporters, Bureau chief
all across the Pakistan and around the globe to cover
national and international issues. It provide services in
both languages Urdu and English. In 2013 NNI's
photographer killed in a blast.

6) ANN - Asia News
Network:
 History:
The networking of newspapers in Asia was first discussed
informally by Asian editors who participated in the first Asian-
German Editors' Forum organized by the Konrad Adenauer
Foundation in Manila. Encouraged by the forum’s success
and the warm fellowship among them, the editors decided to
pursue a more permanent professional and business
relationship. With the goal of improving coverage of Asian
affairs by Asian media, ANN was born.
 The Asia News Network (ANN) is one of the world’s
biggest media alliances. Founded in 1999 with seven
members, ANN now comprises 21 leading media, mostly
leading national English-language daily, from South,
Southeast and Northeast Asia. ANN’s main activities are
daily exchanges of news, photos and a host of other
collaborations.

7) OINN - Online International
News Network:
 It is Pakistan's leading news and photo agency.
 This is Pakistan's first bilingual news and photo wire
service, dedicated to issues that are neglected by the
mainstream media.
 OINN is different from contemporary Pakistani news
agencies in many ways. There has been a very strong
feeling in the outside world that there is no credible and
independent source of information in Pakistan, chiefly
because the electronic media, including radio and
television networks are state- owned.
 Online is the first-ever Pakistani news agency operating
English and Urdu news services simultaneously along
with comprehensive national and international photo
coverage.

8) APS - Associated Press
Service:
 The Associated Press Service (APS) is a Pakistani,
multinational independent news agency
headquartered in Islamabad. The APS is owned by
its contributing newspapers, radio, and television
stations in Pakistan. APS is working under press and
publications Ordinance 2002 in
Islamabad/Rawalpindi Pakistan. Journalist Chaudhry
Ahsan Premee is the chief editor. As of 2007, news
collected by the APS was published and republished
by more than 500 newspapers, in addition to more
than 35 television and radio broadcasters. The APS
operates 25 news bureaus worldwide

“NATIONAL NEWS
AGENCIES OF DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES”
 PTI (INDIA)
 WAM (U.A.E)
 BARNAMA (MALAYSIA)
 ZINHUA (CHINA)
 UPI (UNITED STATES)
 SPUTINK (RUSSIA)
 IRNA (IRAN)
 SANA (SYRIA)
 SPA (SAUDIA ARABIA)
 NAN (NIGERA)

1. PTI (PRESS TRUST OF
INDIA)
Press Trust of India (PTI) is the largest news
agency in India.It is headquartered in New Delhi
and is a nonprofit cooperative among more than
500 Indian newspapers and has more than 1,000
full- time employees, as on January 22, 2016.It
employs over 400 journalists and 500 part-time
correspondents located in most of the district
headquarters in the country. It took over the
operations of the Associated Press from Reuters
soon after India's independence on August 15,
1947. It provides news coverage and information
of the region in both English and Hindi.

2. WAM (WAKALAT ANBA‘A AL
EMARAT)
Emirates News Agency also known as WAM, is the
official news agency of the United Arab Emirates. The
WAM was launched in November 1976. It started Arabic
broadcast on 18 June 1977 and English broadcast in
December 1978. The agency which is headquartered in
Abu Dhabi is part of National Media Council. The
agency has Arabic and English news services and has
a website in both languages. In addition to its national
offices, it has offices in Cairo, Beirut, Washington,
Sanaa, Brussels and Islamabad. It is a member of the
Gulf Cooperation Council news agencies, the
Federation of Arab News Agencies, the International
Islamic News Agency, the Pool of Non-Aligned News
agencies and of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News
Agencies (OANA).

3. BERNAMA (BERITA
NASIONAL MALAYSIA)
The Malaysian National News Agency BERNAMA, is a
news agency of the government of Malaysia. It has its
branches in every state in Malaysia. It also has
correspondents in Jakarta, Singapore, New Delhi,
Bangkok and Beijing and also its stringers in
Washington D.C., New York, Australia and London.
Most of the news media in Malaysia and Singapore and
international news agencies subscribe to
BERNAMA.Bernama began reporting using the audio-
visual medium with the opening of its audio-visual
division in September 1998. It also has its own radio
and television channel, Radio24, which is a 24-hours
news and talk radio station

4. XINHUA
The Xinhua News Agency is the official press agency of
the People's Republic of China. Xinhua is the biggest
and most influential media organization in China.
Xinhua is a ministry-level institution subordinate to the
Chinese central government. Its president is a member
of the Central Committee of China's Communist Party.
Xinhua operates more than 170 foreign bureaus
worldwide, and maintains 31 bureaus in China. Xinhua
is a publisher as well as a news agency—it owns more
than 20 newspapers and a dozen magazines, and it
prints in eight languages: Chinese, English, Spanish,
French, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic, and Japanese.

5. UPI (UNITED PRESS
INTERNATIONAL)
United Press International (UPI) is an
international news agency whose
newswires, photo, news film, and audio
services provided news material to
thousands of newspapers, magazines and
radio and television stations for most of the
20th century. At its peak, it had more than
6,000 media subscribers

6. SPUTINK
Sputnik is a news agency, news websites and radio
broadcast service established by the Russian
government-controlled news agency Rossiya
Segodnya. Headquartered in Moscow, Sputnik has
regional editorial offices in Washington, Cairo, Beijing,
London and Edinburgh. It focuses on global politics and
economics and is geared entirely towards a non-
Russian audience. Sputnik has been widely accused of
bias, disinformation and being a Russian propaganda
outlet. Sputnik currently operates news websites,
featuring reporting and commentary, in over 30
languages including English, Spanish, Polish, Serbian,
and several others. In 2015, Sputnik announced their
intention to locate the agency's new UK Radio studio in
Scotland's capital Edinburgh .

7. IRNA (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC
NEWS AGENCY)
The Islamic Republic News Agency IRNA,
is the official news agency of the Islamic
Republic of Iran. It is government-funded
and controlled under the Iranian Ministry of
Culture and Islamic Guidance. The agency
also publishes the newspaper Iran. As of
2010, the Managing Director of IRNA is
Mohammad Khodaddi. IRNA has 60
offices in Iran and 30 more in various
countries around the world.

8. SANA (SYRIAN ARAB
NEWS AGENCY)
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) is a
news agency in Syria. It is a public-owned
media organization linked to the Ministry of
Information. It was established in June 1965.
SANA launched its website in 1997.Up until
November 2012, SANA's website was hosted
in Dallas, Texas by the United States
company Soft Layer. Due to sanctions related
to the Syrian Civil War, which make this
hosting illegal, the Soft Layer company was
obliged to terminate its hosting
responsibilities with SANA

9. SPA (SAUDI PRESS
AGENCY)
The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) is the official
news agency of Saudi Arabia. The agency was
established in 1970 as the first national news
agency in Saudi Arabia. The SPA is under the
responsibility of the ministry of culture and
information and therefore, its president directly
reports to the minister. The SAP provides the
newspapers with a guideline, the editorial line,
which should be followed in their reports. The
Agency publishes news in both Arabic and
English. The SPA has offices in Bonn, Cairo,
London, Tunis and Washington, DC.

10. NAN (NATIONAL AGENCY
OF NIGERIA)
News Agency of Nigeria is the primary news content
provider for Nigeria’s newspapers, electronic media and
bloggers. Established by the Nigerian Government via
Decree 19 in 1976, NAN became operational on 2
October 1978, providing General News Service to
subscribers in three bulletins published daily. With the
introduction of satellite technology in 1998, the agency
began to transmit stories to its clients simultaneously as
they were edited and fit to print. This continues today,
via the world wide web and e-mail, with subscribers now
able to log-in to our portal, newsroom.nan.ng, to pick
the news they want. With substantial reach and mobility
across the 36 states of Nigeria, and with 501 editorial
staff nationwide and a correspondent in New York, we
are always where the news is.

1)AFP – AGENCE FRANCE-
PRESSE:
It is the oldest news agency in the world, and one of the
three largest, together with Associated Press and Reuters.
It is the largest French news agency. Founded by Charles-
Louis Havas in 1944(as Agence Havas) to provide news
about France to foreign customers, the agency was
suppressed during German occupation in the Second
World War. After the liberation of Paris, journalists from the
French Resistance quickly set up the agency as the voice
of liberated France, under the name Agence France-
Presse. Established after the war as a state enterprise, AFP
now operates independently, with its statute demanding
that it not be controlled by any
ideological,political, economic group.

2)REUTORS:
It is an international new agency. Its is founded
on October 1851; 165 years ago. Its
headquartered in Canary
wharf, London, England, United Kingdom and is
a division of Thomson Reuters. is the world’s
largest international multimedia news agency
with over 2,500 journalists around the globe.
The deliver unparalleled international and
national news coverage in multiple languages
with speed, impartiality and
insight.

3)AP – ASSOCIATED
PRESS:
AP was established on May 22, 1846; 170 years
ago. Its Chairman is Mary Junck and Gary Pruitt
is President and CEO. It is an independent, not-
for-profit news cooperative headquartered in New
York City. Its teams in over 100 countries tell the
world’s stories, from breaking news to
investigative reporting. They provide content and
services to help engage audiences
worldwide, working with
companies of all types, from
broadcasters to brands.

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