List of wire services

This page contains a list of major international wire services.

Abbreviation	Name	Origin	Headquarters	Type
Reuters	Reuters	UK	London	Public company
AP	Associated Press	USA		Non-profit cooperative[1]
PA	Press Association	UK	London	Non-profit cooperative[2]
PAT	Pressat	UK	London	Private corporation[3]
ANP	Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau	Netherlands	The Hague	Public company (since 2000)
AFP	Agence France-Presse	France	Paris	State-owned enterprise
CP	Canadian Press La Presse Canadienne	Canada	Toronto	Not-for-profit cooperative
DPA	Deutsche Presse-Agentur	Germany	Hamburg	Public company (with a limit that no shareholder may own more than 1.5% of the shares)[4]
AA	Anadolu Agency	Turkey	Ankara	State-owned enterprise
ANSA	Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata	Italy	Rome	Not-for-profit cooperative
JTA	Jewish Telegraphic Agency	United States	New York	Not-for-profit news agency[5]
BNO	BNO News	Netherlands	Tilburg	Public company[6]
UPI	United Press International	USA
EFE	Agencia EFE	Spain	Madrid	State-owned enterprise
4E	Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation	USA		Public-benefit corporation[7]
FW	Factwire News Agency	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Private corporation (crowd-founded by 3,300 Hongkongers)[8]
KNW	Korea Newswire	South Korea	Seoul	Private corporation[9]

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