News agencies

News agencies

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  NAME : KAYNATAHMED SEMESTER :1 PROGRAM : MASTERS DEPARTMENT : MEDIA STUDIES SUBJECT :NEWS WRITING AND REPORTING CHECKED BY SIR SOHAIL
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  • Associated Pressof Pakistan (APP) is a government- operated national news agency of Pakistan. • Since its inception after the independence of Pakistan, the financial situation of APP continued to deteriorate until it was on the verge of collapse. • APP’s subscription rates are higher than other agencies in Pakistan, due to its credibility and services • APP is a government organization, responsible to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. • The agency is headed by a Director-General, appointed by the Ministry. Also it has a Managing Director (MD) of APP, appointed by the government • Besides its head office Islamabad, APP maintains five bureaus at Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar Quetta and Rawalpindi.
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  • Pakistan PressInternational (PPI) is a news agency founded in June 1956 as Pakistan Press Association (PPA). The name was changed in 1968. It was first started by Mr. Muzzam Ali, the Chief Editor of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP). • It began its service by hand, only in Karachi. • PPA also built up a network of correspondents in the smaller cities and towns in Pakistan. • This had coverage in a limited number of large cities. For foreign news the agency signed up with the Agency France-Presse (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
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  • INP.net.pk isamong 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, Quetta & 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
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  • South AsianBroadcasting Agency - ACCURATE AND RELIABLE. • Chief Editor is Shakil Ahmed Turabi. • It is a Public company.
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  • NNI Newsor News Network International (NNI) is a private-operated national news agency of Pakistan. • It was established in 1992 and headquartered in 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.
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  • The AsiaNews 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. • ANN is headquartered at the offices of the Nation Multimedia Group in Bangkok. • In addition to a website, it produces a weekly digital newsmagazine, called Asia News HD, with content from its members as well as the magazine's own staff.
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  • It isPakistan'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.
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  • Press Trustof 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. • A few correspondents are based in major capitals and important business centre on the world. • 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. • Its corporate office is located at Sansad Marg, New Delhi and registered office in D N Road, Mumbai.
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  • The MalaysianNational News Agency ,abbreviated BERNAMA, is a news agency of the government of Malaysia. • It is an autonomous body placed under the Ministry of Communication and Multimedia. • Bernama is an abbreviation of Berita National Malaysia. Bernama also means named or titled in the Malay language. • It was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1967 and started work on 20 May 1968. • Being the Malaysian government's official news agency, Bernama's content and views are decidedly right-leaning and pro-government of the day.
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  • The XinhuaNews 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—one for each province, plus a military bureau. • Xinhua is the sole channel for the distribution of important news related to the Communist Party and Chinese central government. • Xinhua is regarded as the most influential media outlet in China as almost every newspaper in China relies on Xinhua feeds for content.
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  • Emirates NewsAgency , 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 has Arabic and English news services and has a website in both languages. • The agency has cooperation and news exchange agreements with various news agencies. • Since 2012 the agency has also been in cooperation with the official Turkish news agency, Anadolu Agency.
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  • The IslamicRepublic 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. • IRNA's administrative efforts are focused on an expansion of its international news branches around the globe. • Branches ostensibly are given the task of producing news items or selecting from those produced by various news agencies, translating and disseminating them through its various news lines • . It also seeks to expand its level of cooperation with various foreign news agencies and corporations. • Personnel of IRNA branches abroad are currently in charge of monitoring their respective countries' radio, television, satellite . • The offices also organize regional news dissemination corporations with IRNA as a member, as well as monitor and program activities of its branches.
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  • Agency France-Presse(AFP) is an international news agency headquartered in Paris, France ,Founded in 1944. • AFP is the third largest news agency in the world, after the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters. • Currently, the CEO is Emmanuel Hoog (fr) and the News Director is Michèle Léridon. • AFP has regional offices in Nicosia, Montevideo,Hong Kong, and washington D.C.., and bureaux in 150 countries. AFP transmits news in French, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, and German.
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  • Since 1850,Reuters have experimented, invented, and created content and news solutions to become the world’s leading international news agency. • Always at the forefront of real-time breaking news and high-impact global multimedia content, They are constantly innovating our products and services to meet our business needs. • Reuters provides award-winning coverage of the day’s most important topics, including: business, finance, politics, sports, entertainment, technology, health, environment, and much more.
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  • The AssociatedPress (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. • Most of the AP staff are union members and are represented by the Newspaper Guild, which operates under the Communications Workers of America.