List of wire services

This page contains a list of major international wire services.

Abbreviation Name Origin Headquarters Type
ReutersReutersUKLondonPublic Corporation
AP Associated PressUSANon-profit cooperative[1]
PA Press AssociationUKLondonNon-profit cooperative[2]
ANPAlgemeen Nederlands PersbureauNetherlandsPublic Corporation (since 2000)
AFPAgence France PresseFranceParisGovernment chartered public corporation
DPA Deutsche Presse-AgenturGermanyHamburgPublic Corporation (with a limit that no shareholder may own more than 1.5% of the shares)[3]
ANSAAgenzia Nazionale Stampa AssociataItalyRomeNot-for-profit cooperative
AHNAll Headline NewsUSAPrivate Corporation
BNOBNO NewsNetherlandsPrivate Corporation
UPIUnited Press InternationalUSA
STASlovenian Press AgencySloveniaLjubljanaGovernment-chartered public corporation

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ap.org/pages/about/faq.html#2
  2. ↑ http://www.pressassociation.com
  3. ↑ dpa - Ownership