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State media
- Jamaica Broadcasting CorporationNorman Manley signed the legislation creating the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation in December 1958. The new entity launched on the 15th of June 1959, as a…
- RIA NovostiOn the 24th of June 1941, the Soviet Information Bureau opened its doors in Moscow. This new state-run agency emerged just three days after Nazi Germany…
- TASSThe Commercial Telegraph Agency began operations in December 1902 under the Ministry of Finance. Torgovo-Promyshlennaya Gazeta staff supplied most…
- The Straits TimesOn the 15th of July 1845, Catchick Moses and Robert Carr Woods Sr. launched The Straits Times from a hand-operated press at 7 Commercial Square in Singapore.
- Al ArabiyaOn the 3rd of March 2003, a new voice entered the crowded airwaves of the Middle East. Al Arabiya launched from Dubai Media City as a Saudi-backed…
- Sputnik (news agency)On the 10th of November 2014, a new entity named Sputnik emerged from the Russian government-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya.