Culture Notes
ABC American Broadcasting Company (ABC, CBS,NBC are the largest independent broadcasting companies supported by advertisers)
AP Associated Press, one of the world’s largest newsgathering services and one of the two general news services in the United States. The other is UPI. Both are not controlled by the government.
CBS Columbia Broadcasting System CNN Cable News Network, owned by Ted Turner. It broadcasts news 24 hours
NBC National Broadcasting Company.
UPI United Press International. The International News Service, founded in 1909 by media mogul W.R. Hearst merged with United Press in 1958. That year UPI began the first wire service radio stations with voice reports from correspondents all over the globe. The headquarters are in Washington, D.C.
PBS Public Broadcasting Service
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation, the British radio and television broadcasting company that is paid for by the state, not by advertisers.
ITV Independent Television, a system of British television companies supported by advertisers. 118
Reuters One of the world’s largest news services, that provides information to banks, brokers and corporations. Newspapers from a number of nations, including Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand hold controlling
interest in the service. In 1849 Baron von Paul Julius Reuter, established agencies for collecting news at Aachen, Germany. In 1851 he moved to London and established a news agency called Reuters Telegrams (now Reuters).
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