adnkronos
{{Short description|Italian news agency}}
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Adnkronos is an Italian news agency.{{cite journal|first=Federico |last=Gaspari|url=http://www.helsinki.fi/varieng/series/volumes/13/gaspari/|title=A phraseological comparison of international news agency reports published online: Lexical bundles in the English-language output of ANSA, Adnkronos, Reuters and UPI|journal=Studies in Variation, Contacts and Change in English|year=2013|volume=13|access-date=13 September 2014}}
History and profile
Adnkronos was established in 1963 by a merger of two agencies, Kronos (founded in 1951) and Agenzia Di Notizie (founded in 1959). The agency is based in Rome.{{cite book|title=The Europa World Year Book 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&pg=PA2247|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-85743-227-5|page=2247}}
Adnkronos is owned by Giuseppe Marra Communications. Its editor-in-chief is Giuseppe Marra.{{cite book|author=Gino Moliterno|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4wOGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA406|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-75877-7|page=406}}
The agency was expanded to include Adnkronos Salute which is a health agency. In 2003, the agency established its International office, Adnkronos International, which provides news and reports in Arabic and English, mainly from the Arab world.
In July 2014, Adnkronos International signed an agreement with Iran's official news agency, IRNA, to promote bilateral news cooperation.{{cite web|title=Iran, Italy news agencies agree to promote cooperation|url=http://www.irna.ir/en/News/2721367/Art_&_Culture/Iran,_Italy_news_agencies_agree_to_promote_cooperation|publisher=IRNA|access-date=13 September 2014|date=15 July 2014}}
The agency also publishes Il libro dei fatti, the Italian edition of the World Almanac.
See also
{{portal|Italy|Journalism}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.adnkronos.com adnkronos.com], agency's official website (in Italian)
- [http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/ adnkronos.com/AKI/English], agency's official English-language website
- [http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/Arabic/ adnkronos.com/AKI/Arabic] agency's official Arabic-language website
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Category:1963 establishments in Italy
Category:Mass media companies established in 1963