TT News Agency

TT News Agency (Swedish: TT Nyhetsbyrån or simply TT; formerly Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå until 2013) is a Swedish news agency, the largest in Scandinavia, owned jointly by the country's newspapers and the media groups behind them. TT's services are used as the exclusive source of national news by many local media outlets.

TT News Agency
News agency
Founded1921[1]
Headquarters,
Number of employees
120 (2007)[1]
Websitett.se

TT News Agency is the national wire service in Sweden with a history dating back to the 1920s. TT News Agency provides news articles, images, video and infographics to Sweden's media outlets, companies and public authorities.

TT News Agency is ranked as one of Europe's most profitable news agencies. The number of employees is, as of 2018, 208 people. TT News Agency is privately owned by the largest Swedish media houses and stands absolutely free from any government, religious or political spheres. CEO and Editor in chief is Jonas Eriksson.[2]

TT represent the world famous photographer Lennart Nilsson.[3]

TT has won several awards as Stora Journalistpriset, Årets Bild among others.

Ownership

Owner Share[4]
Aftonbladet 20 %
Svenska Dagbladet 10 %
Stampen Group 10 %
Expressen 10 %
Dagens Nyheter 10 %
Sydsvenska Dagbladet 10 %
NT Media 10 %
VLT AB 5 %
Upsala Nya Tidning 5 %
Pres(s)gruppen 5 %
MittMedia Förvaltnings AB 5 %
gollark: And it's actually a greenhouse gas, too.
gollark: http://www.dhmo.org/images/drainpipe.jpgHere is a picture of DHMO-contaminated sewage.
gollark: Did you know that DHMO is found in large amounts in *all forms of cancer*?
gollark: We must ban them.
gollark: Hydrogen is extremely flammable, and oxygen is a strong oxidising agent.

See also

References

  1. Sjölin, Mats; Carlsson, Ulla. "Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 November 2010. (subscription required)
  2. https://tt.se/en/about-us/
  3. https://tt.se/en/lennart-nilsson/
  4. "Styrelse och ägare." (Board and Owner), Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine


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