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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 [[correspondent|foreign correspondents]] in [[Moscow]] of developments in the Baltic states' [[Baltic states#Histories|struggles for independence]] from the [[Soviet Union]]. Within a few months, it had been recognized by numerous [[Western world|Western]] [[News media|media]] sources. |
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 [[correspondent|foreign correspondents]] in [[Moscow]] of developments in the Baltic states' [[Baltic states#Histories|struggles for independence]] from the [[Soviet Union]]. Within a few months, it had been recognized by numerous [[Western world|Western]] [[News media|media]] sources. |
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Today, BNS is a [[holding company]] for separate organizations in [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], and [[Lithuania]]. BNS is wholly owned by [[Alma Media]], a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[media group]]. |
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BNS is the leading source of information about the Baltic countries. Our news organization has operations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. With products geared toward the professional user, BNS aims to provide full and reliable real-time coverage of domestic and international news. |
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The world's leading news agencies ThomsonReuters, Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Associated Press (AP), Interfax, and the national news agencies of Finland, Poland and Austria are our international information source partners, which in turn rely on our Baltic coverage in their everyday work. |
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Our team of about one hundred journalists produces more than a thousand news stories in five languages (Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian and English) daily. |
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The news agency together with the media monitoring companies make up BNS Group, a holding of the Finnish Alma Media Corporation. |
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BNS disseminates news in five languages 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]]. |
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Revision as of 23:17, 4 June 2011
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 is wholly owned by Alma Media, a Finnish media group.
BNS disseminates news in five languages 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.
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