Introduction of Some National and Global News Agencies.

1. By : Hareem Shahid Bukhari
19-feb-20171
News Agencies

2. News Agency
Sunmitted By: Hareem Shahid2
 A news agency is an organization that
gathers News reports and sells them to
subscribing news organizations, such
as newspapers, magazines radio and television
broadcasters.
 A news agency may also be referred to as a wire
service, newswire, or news service.

3. National Agencies Of
Pakistan
Sunmitted By: Hareem Shahid3
 APP
 PPI
 INP
 SABAH
 NNI
 ANN
 ONLINE

4. APP
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 Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) is a
government-operated national News agency of
Pakistan.
 APP started its life in 1947 with the independence
of Pakistan. Initially it was run through a Trust, but
owing to financial bottlenecks, it was taken over
by the Government through an Ordinance called;
“Associated Press of Pakistan (taking over)
Ordinance 1961″, on 15th June 1961, to put it on
a sound financial footing.

5. Sunmitted By: Hareem Shahid5
 The app 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

6. PPI
Sunmitted By: Hareem Shahid6
 Pakistan Press International (PPI) is a news
Agency founded in June 1956 as Pakistan Press
Association.
 It was first started by Mr. Muzzam Ali, the Chief
Editor of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP)
 The agency objective was to provide competition
to APP's monopoly.

7. Sunmitted By: Hareem Shahid7
 Besides political news, PPI also lays special emphasis on
the coverage of economic, social, cultural and sports
news, particularly projection of activities in the rural
areas. PPI has one of the most extensive coverage of
rural Pakistan of any media organisation.
 The agency encourages news of social programmes,
such as human rights, women's empowerment, literacy,
children's rights, family planning and environmental
issues.
 The PPI has its bureaus in various cities such as Karachi,
Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Azad
Kashmir and that makes is the reliable platform for the
readers to find out all sorts of news from all sorts of
sectors

8. INP
Sunmitted By: Hareem Shahid8
 Independent News Pakistan (inp) 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.

9. SABAH
Sunmitted By: Hareem Shahid9
 SABAH is South Asian Broadcasting Agency.
 Their Mission is ACCURATE AND RELIABLE
news delivery.
 Head office Islambad
 It provides news coverage and information of
Pakistan ,kashmir and south Asia.

10. NNI
Sunmitted By: Hareem Shahid10
 News Network International (NNI) is a private-
operated national news agency of Pakistan.
 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 provide services in both
languages Urdu and English

11. ANN
Sunmitted By: Hareem Shahid11
 The Asia News Network (ANN) is a network of 22
media groups in Asian cities, organized to provide
avenues for cooperation and to optimize
coverage of major news events in the region.
 With the goal of improving coverage of Asian
affairs by Asian media, ANN was born.
 ANN’s main activities are daily exchanges of
news, photos and a host of other collaborations.

12. ONLINE
Sunmitted By: Hareem Shahid12
 Online pioneered-and continues to be the only
news agency to operate-photo service in Pakistan
 It is the only Pakistani media organization that
processes information in a substantially none-
paper environment.
 After attaining the status of a credible and most
subscribed news/photo service provider in
Pakistan, They later launched English/Arabic
news and pictures service for daily, weekly and
monthly publications across the globe.

13. SOME NATIONALAGENCIES OF
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
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 PTI (India)
 BERNAMA (Malaysia)
 XINGHUA (China)
 WAM(UAE)
 ATARTAS (Russia)
 Sputnik (Russia)
 IRNA (Iran)
 SANA (Syria)
 AAP (Australia)
 KCNA (Korea)
 BSS (Bangladesh)

14. PTI (India)
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 Press Trust of India (PTI) is the largest news
Agency in India.
 PTI's subscribers include newspapers, television
channels, the state-run All India Radio and
Doordarshan, the national broadcaster,
government organisations, websites and several
media and non-media organisations.
 It provides news coverage and information of the
region in both English and Hindi.
 With a staff of 1300 including 400 journalists, PTI
has over 70 bureaus across the country and
correspondents in major cities in the world.

15. BERNAMA (Malaysia)
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 BERNAMA, is a news Agency of the government
of Malaysia.
 It was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1967 and
began operations in May 1968.
 BERNAMA’s role as a source of reliable and
latest news is well known among local and
international media
including government agencies, corporations,
universities and individuals nationwide
 The agency has its offices in all the states in
Malaysia and correspondents in Singapore,
Jakarta, Bangkok and stringers or retainers in
United States Of America, Nepal and Europe.

16. XINHUA (China)
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 The Xinhua News Agency is the official press agency
of the China.
 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,one for each province, plus a military bureau.
 Xinhua is regarded as the most influential media
outlet in China as almost every newspaper in China
relies on Xinhua feeds for content

17. WAM(UAE)
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 WAM is National News Agency of United Arab
Emirates
 It was established in November 1976.
 On 18 June, 1977, WAM began its long
professional journey transmitting UAE news and
covering all political, economic and transformative
activities from across the country.

18. ITAR-TASS (Russia)
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 It is a federal, state-owned news agency, working
throughout the Soviet time as TASS
 It was founded in 1904
 It has over 500 correspondents
 It Broadcasts in 6 languages, with 350-650 items daily
 In 2010 it was among the four biggest world news
agencies with Reuters, the Associated Press
(AP) and Agency France-Press (AFP)
 It has the biggest photo archive in Russia
 Headquartered in Moscow, Russia.
 It has 70 offices in Russia and in the Commonwealth
of Independent States (CIS), as well as 68 bureaus
around the world.

19. Sputnik (Russia)
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 Sputnik is national news Agency of Russia
 It was launched on November 10, 2014
 Headquartered in Moscow.
 Sputnik has regional editorial offices
in Washington, Cairo, Beijing, London and Edinbu
rgh.
 Sputnik currently operates news websites,
featuring reporting and commentary, in over 30
languages
including English, Spanish, Polish, Serbian, and
several others.
 Sputnik also sells other products including photo
essays, live streaming, infographics, and public
opinion surveys.

20. IRNA (Iran)
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 Islamic Republic News Agency or IRNA, is the
official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran
 It was launched in 1934
 The agency also publishes the newspaper Iran.
 IRNA has 60 offices in Iran and 30 more in various
countries around the world.
 IRNA's professional activities are aimed at securing
Iranian national interests
 IRNA has divided its activities into four news regions
around the world manned by four head offices.

21. SANA (Syria)
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 The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) is the
national news agency of Syria.
 It was established in June 1965
 It Provides News in
Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Turkis
h, Chinese, Russian, Persian languages.

22. AAP (Australia)
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 Australian Associated Press (AAP) is
an Australian news agency.
 The organization was established in 1935 by Keith
Murdoch.
 AAP employs more than 175 journalists who work in
bureaus in all Australian states and territories.
 AAP is owned by three Australian news organizations
News Corp Australia, Fairfax, and Seven West Media.
Fairfax owns 47%, News owns 45%, and Seven West
8%. Together these companies produce the vast
majority of Australian newspapers.

23. KCNA (Korea)
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 The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) is
the state news agency of North Korea
 It was established on December 5, 1946.
 KCNA is headquartered in the capital city of Pyongyang.
 The agency portrays the views of the Workers' Party of
Korea and the North Korean government for foreign
consumption.
 KCNA daily reports news for all the North Korean news
organizations including newspapers, radio and television
broadcasts via Korean Central Television and the Korean
Central Broadcasting System within the country.
 In addition to Korean, KCNA releases news articles
in English, Russian and Spanish.
 KCNA has press exchange agreements with around 46
foreign news agencies including Itar-Tass and Xinhua
News Agency

24. BSS (Bangladesh)
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 Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), is the national
news agency of bangladesh.
 It was launched on January 1, 1972.
 BSS has its correspondents in all the 64
administrative districts of the Bangladesh.
 BSS has bureaus in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Bagura,
Khulna, Barishal, Rangamati and Sylhet
 The agency functions almost round the clock to
disseminate national, international, political,
economic, development and other news to nearly 50
subscribers across the country.
 BSS subscribes to international wire services AFP
and exchanges news with Press Trust of India (PTI),
Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), Xinhua, the
official news agency of China, Bernama of Malaysia
and TransData of Australia.

25. SOME INTERNATIONAL
NEWS AGENCIES
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 AFP (France + Worldwide)
 REUTERS (England+ worldwide)
 AP (America+ Worldwide)

26. AFP (France + Worldwide)
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 Agence France-Presse (AFP) is an international news
agency headquartered in Paris, France.
 Founded in 1944
 AFP is a global news agency delivering fast, in-depth
coverage of the events shaping our world from wars
and conflicts to politics, sports, entertainment and the
latest breakthroughs in health, science and
technology
 AFP is the third largest news agency in the world,
after the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters.
 With 2,900 journalists spread across almost every
country
 AFP covers the world 24 hours a day in six
languages, in video, text, photos, graphics and
multimedia.

27. REUTERS (England+ worldwide)
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 Reuters is an international news
agency headquartered in Canary
Wharf, London, England, United Kingdom and is
a division of Thomson Reuters
 It was established in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter
 Until 2008, the Reuters news agency formed part of
an independent company, Reuters Group plc, which
was also a provider of financial market data. Since the
acquisition of Reuters Group by the Thomson
Corporation in 2008, the Reuters news agency has
been a part of Thomson Reuters, making up the
media division
 Reuters transmits news in English, French , Arabic
, Spanish
, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Ko
rean, Urdu, and Chinese.

28. AP (America+ Worldwide)
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 The Associated Press (AP) is an American multinational nonprofit news
agency headquartered in New York City that operates as
a cooperative, unincorporated association. The AP is owned by its
contributing newspapers and radio and television stations in the United
States, all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written
by its staff journalists. Their teams in over 100 countries tell the world’s
stories, from breaking news to investigative reporting.
 Established in May 1846 by five daily newspapers in New York City to
share the cost of transmitting news of the Mexican–American War by
boat, horse express and telegraph
 As of 2007, news collected by the AP was published and republished by
more than 1,700 newspapers, in addition to more than 5,000 television
and radio broadcasters. The photograph library of the AP consists of
over 10 million images.

29. References
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 https://www.app.com.pk/about-us/
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Press_International
 http://www.inp.net.pk/aboutus.html
 http://www.sabahnews.net/about-us
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NNI_News
 http://www.asianews.network/about
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_News_Network
 http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/index.php?page=aboutus
 http://www.asianetnews.net/agencies/press-trust-of-india
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Trust_of_India
 http://wam.ae/en/page/about-wam
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_News_Agency_TASS
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_of_Russia
 https://sputniknews.com/docs/about/index.html
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_News_Agency
 http://www.bssnews.net/index.php
 https://www.ap.org/about/

30. Thank you
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