Tanjug
{{Short description|Defunct Serbian state-owned news agency}}
{{distinguish|text = the private company Tanjug Tačno, which took intellectual rights of now defunct Tanjug}}
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| name = Tanjug
| native_name = Танјуг
| native_name_lang = sr
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| type = State-owned enterprise
| foundation = {{Start date|1995|10|31|df=y}} {{small|(Last form)}}
{{Start date|1943|11|05|df=y}} {{small|(Founded)}}
| location_city = Obilićev Venac 2, Belgrade
| location_country = Serbia
| defunct = {{End date|2021|03|09|df=yes}}
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| industry = News media
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| owner = Government of Serbia
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Tanjug (/'tʌnjʊg/) ({{lang-sr-cyr|Танјуг}}; sometimes stylized as TANJUG) was a Serbian state news agency based in Belgrade, which officially ceased to exist in March 2021. Since then, the Belgrade-based private company Tanjug Tačno has acquired the rights to use the intellectual property and trademarks of the former agency.
History
Founded on 5 November 1943 as Yugoslavia's official news agency, Tanjug is an acronym of its full original native name, Telegrafska agencija nove Jugoslavije ("Telegraphic Agency of New Yugoslavia").
From 1975 to the mid-1980s, Tanjug had a leading role in the Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool (NANAP), a collaborating group of news agencies of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).{{cite book|last = Garson|first = G. David|title = Social Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New Millennium|publisher = Idea Group Inc (IGI)|year = 2000|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=l5uqpzpFHH4C |isbn = 9781878289865}}page 308 Tanjug professionals helped equip and train journalists and technicians of state media in other NAM countries, mainly in Africa and South Asia.
On 31 October 2015, according to media reports, Tanjug ceased its operations due to financial problems.{{cite news |title=Tanjug se gasi, zaposlenima samo otpremnine |url=https://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2015&mm=11&dd=03&nav_category=12&nav_id=1058962 |access-date=11 October 2018 |work=b92.net |agency=Beta |date=3 November 2015 |language=sr}} The state secretary in the Ministry of Culture and Information dispelled these rumors, but acknowledged the agency's difficulties and said that a public–private partnership could be the solution.{{Cite news|url=http://rs.n1info.com/a218941/Vesti/Vesti/Brajovic-Tanjug-nije-ugasen.html|title=Brajović: Tanjug nije ugašen|newspaper=N1 Srbija|access-date=2017-01-12|archive-date=2018-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012053913/http://rs.n1info.com/a218941/Vesti/Vesti/Brajovic-Tanjug-nije-ugasen.html|url-status=dead}} The agency continued working, signing contracts with state bodies and winning various public tenders and related work. Most of its employees were working on part-time contracts without guaranteed working rights.{{cite news |last1=Miljković |first1=M. D. |title=Tanjug radi i bez zaposlenih |url=https://www.danas.rs/drustvo/tanjug-radi-i-bez-zaposlenih/ |access-date=11 October 2018 |work=danas.rs |date=5 November 2016 |language=sr}}
On 9 March 2021, Tanjug officially ceased to exist.{{cite news |title="Tanjug" obrisan iz APR-a, šest godina nakon što je prestao da postoji |url=https://www.021.rs/story/Info/Srbija/268087/Tanjug-obrisan-iz-APR-a-sest-godina-nakon-sto-je-prestao-da-postoji.html |access-date=10 January 2022 |work=021.rs |date=9 March 2021 |language=Serbian}} Since then, the Belgrade-based private company Tanjug Tačno, owned by Minacord Media (the majority owner being Željko Joksimović) and Radiotelevizija Pančevo, acquired the right to use the intellectual property and trademarks of the agency for 10 years.{{cite news |title=Tanjug izbrisan iz gospodarskog registra, servise preuzela tvrtka 'Tačno' pjevača Joksimovića |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/svijet/tanjug-izbrisan-iz-gospodarskog-registra-servise-preuzela-tvrtka-tacno-pjevaca-joksimovica-15056574 |access-date=10 January 2022 |work=jutarnji.hr |publisher=Hina |date=9 March 2021 |language=Serbian}}{{cite news |last1=Đurić |first1=Dimitrije |title="Rešen" problem privatizacije Tanjuga, Sekulić kaže – pitanje gimnastike |url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/a687705-reseno-pitanje-privatizacije-tanjuga-strucnjaci-kazu-glavni-problem-ostaje/ |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=n1info.com |date=25 December 2020 |language=Serbian}}
See also
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Category:1943 establishments in Serbia
Category:Companies based in Belgrade
Category:Government-owned companies of Serbia
Category:Mass media companies established in 1943
Category:Mass media in Belgrade
Category:News agencies based in Serbia