Aneta (news agency)

Aneta (Dutch: Algemeen Nieuws- en Telegraaf-Agentschap, "General News and Telegraph Agency") was a Dutch news agency founded 1 April 1917 by Dominique Willem Berretty.[1] It was the first news agency in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), and a predecessor of the Antara news agency.[2]

For other uses, see Aneta.
Replica of the Aneta press office at Gambir Market, c. 1923

In 1920, Aneta moved to a new building located on what is now Jalan Antara in Jakarta. The facade of the building was remodeled into a more striking building with a clock tower in 1930. The building still stands but is in poor condition.[3]

By 1941 Aneta had become the semi-official news agency of the East Indies government.[4] The agency's operations were restricted under Japanese occupation, and it eventually closed by 1946. Aneta changed its name to Persbiro Indonesia (Indonesian Press Bureau) in 1954 and was later merged into the rival Antara news agency in 1963.[2]

References

Citations

  1. Maters 1998, p. 141.
  2. Cribb & Kahin 2004, p. 299.
  3. Merrillees 2015, p. 60.
  4. The Mercury 1941.

Bibliography

  • Cribb, Robert; Kahin, Audrey (2004). Historical Dictionary of Indonesia. Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East (2nd ed.). Lanham, M.D.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4935-8.
  • "East Indies Denial". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 21 August 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  • Maters, Mirjam (1998). Van Zachte Wenk tot Harde Hand: Persvrijheid en Persbreidel in Nederlands-Indië, 1906–1942 [From Gentle Hint to Harsh Action: The Press and "Persbreidel" in the Dutch East Indies, 1906–1942] (in Dutch). Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren. ISBN 978-90-6550-596-5.
  • Merrillees, Scott (2015). Jakarta: Portraits of a Capital 1950-1980. Jakarta: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 9786028397308.
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