Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau

The Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau BV (ANP) is the largest news agency in the Netherlands. ANP was founded on 11 December 1934 by the association of Dutch newspapers (NDP). The news agency's founders sought to produce a fast, fair and accurate alternative to the existing commercial news agencies.[1] In 2021, management decided start using gender neutral wording.[2]

Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau
IndustryNews agency
Founded11 December 1934 (1934-12-11)
HeadquartersThe Hague, Netherlands
Key people
Martijn Bennis (CEO);
Freek Staps (Chief Editor);
Mark Westerhoff (CTO);
Gert-Jan Strik (CFO).
ProductsWire service, News, Photos, Data, Infographics, Radio, Video, Expert Support, Mediamonitoring, Distribution
Number of employees
250
ParentChris Oomen
WebsiteANP.nl

Privatization

In 2000, the foundation was transformed into a private company, still owned by the newspaper publishers (NDP). In 2003 NPM Capital, the private equity firm of the Dutch family owned conglomerate SHV, bought 60% of the shares from the publishers PCM Uitgevers, Telegraaf Media Groep and Wegener. Within a year NPM sold 15% of the shares to the private equity firm Halder, a subsidiary of the investment company GIMV. A minority stake remained in the hands of the Dutch newspapers (30%) and the management (10%). In 2007, the Dutch newspapers (NDP) sold their full 30% share stake to NPM, Halder and the management.

In 2010 Vereniging Veronica acquired the entire ANP, remaining the owners until selling it to Talpa Network on 28 March 2018.[3][4][5] Shortely thereafter, ANP took over photo agency Hollandse Hoogte. In 2021, Talpa sold the entirety of their stake in ANP to entrepreneur Chris Oomen.[6] In 2021 ANP bought datapressagency LocalFocus.[7] In 2022 ANP launched a new label for its communication services: ANP Business. [8]

Workings
ANP former headquarters in Rijswijk.

With 160 reporters, correspondents, editors and photographers ANP produces over 160.000 news articles a year, accompanied by 600.000 photos.[5][9][10] The ANP Multimedia staff airs radio bulletins and edits news for online media and mobile phones. Throughout a network of international correspondents and news agencies ANP delivers foreign news to its customers. The daily production (in Dutch) consists of general, political, financial, sports and entertainment news.

The archives of ANP Photo consist of over 2 million digital images and 2,5 million slides. ANP owns the archives of the former Dutch photoagencies Kippa and Benelux Press.

Apart from the news productions, ANP Business supports non-media organisations with communication, distribution and pr. The ANP Business team operates completely separate from the news agency.

Offices
Current ANP headquarters in WTC The Hague.

The staff of 250 people is headquartered since 2018 in The Hague and has editorial offices in Amsterdam (Economy and City), at Binnenhof in The Hague (National political news) and Brussels (European political news).[5][11][12] Until the 1970s, the group was based on the Spuistraat in central Amsterdam.[13]

In the Netherlands, ANP represents the news agencies Agence France-Presse (AFP), Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA), EFE (Spain) and Belga (Belgium).[10]

See also

References
  1. "About us". ANP. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. "ANP gaat genderneutrale voornaamwoorden gebruiken".
  3. "Talpa Network neemt het ANP over" (in Dutch). ANP. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  4. "John de Mol's Talpa koopt persbureau ANP" (in Dutch). NOS. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  5. "Media magnate John de Mol's Talpa Network acquires ANP news service". DutchNews.nl. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  6. "John de Mol sells ANP to former DSW CEO Chris Oomen Show". Netherlands News Live. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  7. "ANP koopt datapersbureau LocalFocus - ANP". www.anp.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  8. "Het ANP lanceert nieuw zakelijk label ANP Business: "Wij snappen media"". www.anp.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  9. "Werknemers" (in Dutch). ANP. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  10. "Werkwijze" (in Dutch). ANP. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  11. "Contact" (in Dutch). ANP. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  12. "Adresgegevens" (in Dutch). ANP. Archived from the original on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  13. Leeuwen, Rob van (25 March 2015). "Een kleine geschiedenis van de Tabakspanden aan de Spuistraat". Het Parool (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019. deze maand is het 32 jaar geleden dat het voormalige ANP-kantoor op nummer 199 werd gekraakt.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.