TT News Agency
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TT News Agency (Swedish: TT Nyhetsbyrån or simply TT; formerly Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå until 2013, translates to The newspaper's telegram bureau) is a Swedish news agency, the largest in Scandinavia, owned jointly by the country's newspapers and the media groups behind them. TT's services are used as the exclusive source of national news by many local media outlets.
TT News Agency is the national wire service in Sweden with a history dating back to the 1920s. TT News Agency provides news articles, images, video and infographics to Sweden's media outlets, companies and public authorities.
TT News Agency is ranked as one of Europe's most profitable news agencies. The number of employees is, as of 2018, 208 people. TT News Agency is privately owned by the largest Swedish media houses and stands free from any government, religious or political spheres. CEO and Editor in chief is Per-Anders Broberg.{{Cite web|url=https://tt.se/en/about-us/|title = About - National New Agency in Sweden - TT News Agency |access-date=2023-10-27}}{{primary inline|date09 2019|date=September 2019}}
TT represent the photographer Lennart Nilsson.{{Cite web|url=https://tt.se/en/lennart-nilsson/|title=Lennart Nilsson - buy images from TT News Agency}}{{primary inline|date09 2019|date=September 2019}}
TT has won several awards such as Stora Journalistpriset, Årets Bild among others.
Ownership
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Aftonbladet
| 20 % |
Svenska Dagbladet
| 10 % |
Stampen Group
| 10 % |
Expressen
| 10 % |
Dagens Nyheter
| 10 % |
Sydsvenska Dagbladet
| 10 % |
NT Media
| 10 % |
VLT AB
| 5 % |
Upsala Nya Tidning
| 5 % |
Pres(s)gruppen
| 5 % |
MittMedia Förvaltnings AB
| 5 % |
See also
- TT language, style guide
References
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{{cite encyclopedia | first1=Mats | last1=Sjölin | first2=Ulla | last2=Carlsson | title=Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå | encyclopedia=Nationalencyklopedin | language=sv | url=http://www.ne.se/tidningarnas-telegrambyrå | access-date=21 November 2010}} {{subscription required}}
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External links
[http://tt.se/om-tt/in-english Official website]{{Authority control}}
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Category:News agencies based in Sweden
Category:Organizations based in Stockholm
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