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BNS disseminates news in Russian and English (as well as the domestic languages of Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian) via the [[internet]] and by other means. Subscribers include media, financial, industrial, and government institutions in the Baltic states. BNS also collaborates with [[Agence France-Presse]], [[Reuters]], and [[Interfax]].
BNS disseminates news in Russian and English (as well as the domestic languages of Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian) via the [[internet]] and by other means. Subscribers include media, financial, industrial, and government institutions in the Baltic states. BNS also collaborates with [[Agence France-Presse]], [[Reuters]], and [[Interfax]].


In 2003, the BNS publishing company in Estonia, BNS Kirjastus, bought the bankrupt news agency ETA ([[Eesti Teadeteagentuur]]).<ref>http://majandus24.postimees.ee/2003445/bns-ostis-ara-eta-kaubamargi</ref><ref>http://arileht.delfi.ee/news/uudised/bns-ostis-uudisteagentuuri-eta-kaubamargi?id=5246629</ref>
In 2003, the BNS publishing company in Estonia, BNS Kirjastus, bought the bankrupt news agency ETA ([[Eesti Teadeteagentuur]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://majandus24.postimees.ee/2003445/bns-ostis-ara-eta-kaubamargi|title = BNS ostis ära ETA kaubamärgi|date = 4 March 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arileht.delfi.ee/news/uudised/bns-ostis-uudisteagentuuri-eta-kaubamargi?id=5246629|title = BNS ostis uudisteagentuuri ETA kaubamärgi}}</ref>


BNS was wholly owned by the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[media group]] [[Alma Media]] from 2001<ref>[http://www.almamedia.fi/uutishuone/tiedote/GdR1CmFtSJamd085BH_DIg/kauppalehti-osti-kokonaan-baltian-johtavan-uutistoimisto-bnsn/ Kauppalehti osti kokonaan Baltian johtavan uutistoimisto BNS:n] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408215131/http://www.almamedia.fi/uutishuone/tiedote/GdR1CmFtSJamd085BH_DIg/kauppalehti-osti-kokonaan-baltian-johtavan-uutistoimisto-bnsn/ |date=8 April 2014 }}. Press release by Alma Media Oyj, 5 December 2001. (In Finnish.)</ref> until March 2014 when it was sold to [[Uudisvoog]] OÜ, a company fully owned by the Estonian Ilmar Kompus who is also the proprietor of the [[Sky Plus]] radio station.<ref>[http://www.almamedia.fi/uutishuone/tiedote/kIIIcvPYShu0NsSKcLTVBQ/alma-media-myy-bnsn/ Alma Media myy BNS:n] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408224718/http://www.almamedia.fi/uutishuone/tiedote/kIIIcvPYShu0NsSKcLTVBQ/alma-media-myy-bnsn/ |date=8 April 2014 }}. Press release by Alma Media Oyj, 3 March 2014. (In Finnish.)</ref>
BNS was wholly owned by the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[media group]] [[Alma Media]] from 2001<ref>[http://www.almamedia.fi/uutishuone/tiedote/GdR1CmFtSJamd085BH_DIg/kauppalehti-osti-kokonaan-baltian-johtavan-uutistoimisto-bnsn/ Kauppalehti osti kokonaan Baltian johtavan uutistoimisto BNS:n] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408215131/http://www.almamedia.fi/uutishuone/tiedote/GdR1CmFtSJamd085BH_DIg/kauppalehti-osti-kokonaan-baltian-johtavan-uutistoimisto-bnsn/ |date=8 April 2014 }}. Press release by Alma Media Oyj, 5 December 2001. (In Finnish.)</ref> until March 2014 when it was sold to [[Uudisvoog]] OÜ, a company fully owned by the Estonian Ilmar Kompus who is also the proprietor of the [[Sky Plus]] radio station.<ref>[http://www.almamedia.fi/uutishuone/tiedote/kIIIcvPYShu0NsSKcLTVBQ/alma-media-myy-bnsn/ Alma Media myy BNS:n] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408224718/http://www.almamedia.fi/uutishuone/tiedote/kIIIcvPYShu0NsSKcLTVBQ/alma-media-myy-bnsn/ |date=8 April 2014 }}. Press release by Alma Media Oyj, 3 March 2014. (In Finnish.)</ref>

Revision as of 13:58, 16 July 2021

Baltic News Service
IndustryNews agency
Founded1990
HeadquartersTallinn, Estonia
Websitewww.bns.ee (Estonia)
www.bns.lv (Latvia)
www.bns.lt (Lithuania)

The Baltic News Service (BNS) is the largest news agency operating in the Baltic states. Founded in April, 1990, by a group of students (the founding CEO was Allan Martinson), it sought to inform foreign correspondents in Moscow of developments in the Baltic states' struggles for independence from the Soviet Union. Within a few months, it had been recognized by numerous Western media sources.

Today, BNS is a holding company for separate organizations in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

BNS disseminates news in Russian and English (as well as the domestic languages of Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian) via the internet and by other means. Subscribers include media, financial, industrial, and government institutions in the Baltic states. BNS also collaborates with Agence France-Presse, Reuters, and Interfax.

In 2003, the BNS publishing company in Estonia, BNS Kirjastus, bought the bankrupt news agency ETA (Eesti Teadeteagentuur).[1][2]

BNS was wholly owned by the Finnish media group Alma Media from 2001[3] until March 2014 when it was sold to Uudisvoog OÜ, a company fully owned by the Estonian Ilmar Kompus who is also the proprietor of the Sky Plus radio station.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "BNS ostis ära ETA kaubamärgi". 4 March 2003.
  2. ^ "BNS ostis uudisteagentuuri ETA kaubamärgi".
  3. ^ Kauppalehti osti kokonaan Baltian johtavan uutistoimisto BNS:n Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Press release by Alma Media Oyj, 5 December 2001. (In Finnish.)
  4. ^ Alma Media myy BNS:n Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Press release by Alma Media Oyj, 3 March 2014. (In Finnish.)


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