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International News Agencies: Reuters, AP, AFP, PTI, UNI, IANS, ANI, Hindustan Samachar, Study notes of International Communication

An overview of major international news agencies: Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Press Trust of India, United News of India, Indo-Asian News Service, Asian News International, and Hindustan Samachar. Covers founding, ownership, reach, and revenue sources. Reuters, founded in 1851, broke news during the American Civil War and Lincoln's assassination. Associated Press, established in 1846, is owned by US newspapers and broadcasting stations. Agence France-Presse, founded in 1835, is a non-profit public corporation. Press Trust of India, established in 1949, is a cooperative of 500+ Indian newspapers. United News of India, founded in 1961, is the only agency supplying news in Urdu. Indo-Asian News Service, established in 1986, connects India and its diaspora in North America. Asian News International is South Asia's leading multimedia agency. Hindustan Samachar, formed in 1948, provides news in 14 Indian languages.

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  • What languages does Agence France-Presse transmit news in?
  • What is the ownership structure of Associated Press?
  • When was Reuters founded?

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Reuters
Founded by the Paul Julius Reuter (A German National) in 1851
From the 1860 -1914; Reuters was an imperial
organization, the semi-official institution of the British Empire
From the American Civil War to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Reuters was the first
to break the news and thereby it established a reputation of being a credible deliverer of
information in real time
It is a major provider of commercial information like foreign exchange rates, stock exchange
prices, commodity prices etc.
Reuters is listed on both the London and New York stock exchange
Reuters receives only 10% of its revenues from the subscription, whereas the 90% of it
comes from the clients of its financial services
Headquartered in London, the organization was acquired by the Thomson Corporation in
2008 and is now owned by Thomson Reuters
Associated Press (AP)
AP is a non-profit cooperative organization established in 1846 in NewYork
AP was created by the coalescing of 5 dailies and is now owned by a large number of US
newspapers and radio and T.V. Stations
It operates 243 bureaus in nearly 120 countries, with an international staff located worldwide
It is sustained by the subscription fees that it charges its media clients
spread all over the world
Its website claims that on any given day more than half of the world’s population consumes
the news provided by AP
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Reuters

  • Founded by the Paul Julius Reuter (A German National) in 1851
  • (^) From the 1860 -1914; Reuters was an imperial organization, the semi-official institution of the British Empire
  • From the American Civil War to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Reuters was the first to break the news and thereby it established a reputation of being a credible deliverer of information in real time
  • It is a major provider of commercial information like foreign exchange rates, stock exchange prices, commodity prices etc.
  • Reuters is listed on both the London and New York stock exchange
  • Reuters receives only 10% of its revenues from the subscription, whereas the 90% of it comes from the clients of its financial services
  • Headquartered in London, the organization was acquired by the Thomson Corporation in 2008 and is now owned by Thomson Reuters

Associated Press (AP)

  • AP is a non-profit cooperative organization established in 1846 in NewYork
  • AP was created by the coalescing of 5 dailies and is now owned by a large number of US newspapers and radio and T.V. Stations
  • It operates 243 bureaus in nearly 120 countries, with an international staff located worldwide
  • It is sustained by the subscription fees that it charges its media clients spread all over the world
  • Its website claims that on any given day more than half of the world’s population consumes the news provided by AP
  • Associated Press also operates the Associated Press Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice an hour and offers news and public affairs features, feeds of news sound bites, and long form coverage of major events. It also operates Associated Press Television News (APTN), a global video news agency.

Agence France-Presse (AFP)

  • AFP is an oldest international news agency headuartered in Paris
  • AFP has regional offices in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong, and Washington, D.C., and bureaux in 150 countries
  • It transmits news in French, English, Arabic, Portguese, Spanish & German
  • AFP is a non profit autonomous public corporation chartered under a specific 1957 law, operating commercially and independently of the French government
  • (^) AFP is administered by a CEO and a board comprising 15 members; among them 8 are representative of the French Press, 2 are AFP personnel, 2 are from public services of Radio and Television and 3 are from the public service subscribing to the agency, named by prime minister, minister of finances and minister of foreign affairs. The board elects the CEO for a renewable term of 3 years
  • The primary client of AFP is the French Government, who purchases subscription for its various services. In practice, those subscription are somewhat a subsidy to AFP

Press Trust of India (PTI)

  • PTI is India’s premier news agency, headquartered in New Delhi and is a nonprofit cooperative of more than 500 Indian newspapers. It employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India. Collectively, they put out more than 2,000 stories and 200 photographs a day. It’s Hindi service is called Bhasha.
  • (^) PTI correspondents are based in all important news centers around the world. It also has tie- up with several foreign news agencies. Currently, PTI commands 90% of new agency market share in India.

Asian News International (ANI)

  • ANI is South Asia ‘s leading multimedia news agency with over 100 bureaus in India , South Asia and across the globe.
  • ANI has established itself as a ‘complete content house’ providing text, video and picture content for TV, print, mobile and online media.
  • ANI also provide a range of facilities for foreign and domestic channels to package their reports in India and uplink via satellite. These include provision of professional crews, editing and post production facilities, access to archives, uplinking facilities, coordinators, producers and correspondents, as per requirement.
  • ANI services includes loosely edited news feeds and customized programmes for television channels, audio bytes for radio stations, live web casting and streamed multimedia / text content for websites and mobile carriers, and news wire services for newspapers, magazines and websites.

Hindustan Samachar

  • The Hindusthan Samacharwas formed on 1st Dec. 1948, and provide news in 14 Indian languages. It’s subscribers includes AIR, Doordarshan, various State Governments, Nepal Radio and a number of regional papers.
  • Presently the service is being provided in Hindi, Marathi, Gujrati, Nepali, Oriya, Asamiya, Kannad, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Sindhi, Sanskrit, Punjabi and Bangla. The service is fully based on the web internet technology. The subscriber can either downloaded the next or convert it into E-mail format.
  • In India this agency has offices in all the states. The news circulated in all the Indian languages by Hindusthan Samachar could be checked on the Website www.hindusthansamachar.com