Wire Services

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wire service... a news agency that sends out syndicated news copy to subscribers by wire or by satellite transmission
Merriam-Webster online dictionary

Search these databases for more articles:

• LexisNexis Academic
  Enter Search Terms and check the News Wire Services box under the Search Within tab. Click Search.

Websites:

• Agence France-Presse
  "worldwide news agency... AFP is the world's oldest established news agency, founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, the father of global journalism."

• allAfrica.com
  "AllAfrica Global Media is a multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide."

• Alternativna Informativna Mreza (AIM)
  Alternative Information Network: news from a network of independent journalists in South East Europe.

• The Associated Press
  "Founded in 1846, The Associated Press is the backbone of the world's information system serving thousands of daily newspaper, radio, television and online customers with coverage in all media and news in all formats."
  • NewsLibrary.com allows you to search Associated Press Archives

• CapitalWire.com
  "provides current news related to policy and government in the state of Pennsylvania."

• ITAR-TASS (in Russian)
  ITAR-TASS (in English)
  "In existence since 1904, the ITAR-TASS News Agency is one of the world's largest international information agencies. The successor to the Soviet TASS news agency, it was re-named in 1992, when Russia proclaimed its sovereignty following the collapse of the USSR. It has retained its status of being the state central information agency."

• Kyodo News (in Japanese)
  Kyodo News (in English)
  "Kyodo is a nonprofit cooperative organization run on an annual budget, primarily made up of membership dues and revenues from nonmember subscribers. Kyodo's Japanese-language news service is distributed to almost all newspapers and radio-TV networks in Japan.
  Kyodo's English-language news service reaches news agencies, newspapers, radio-TV broadcasters and financial information distributors in various parts of the world as well as international organizations, including the WTO, IMF and IOC."

• Penn State Newswire
  • PSU Research News

• PR newswire can be found using two databases.
  • LexisNexis offers coverage from 1980 to present. To search, click on the SOURCES tab, and then click on the NEWS folder. Click on the NEWSWIRES & PRESS RELEASES folder. Scroll through the list to find PR Newswire and then you can enter your search terms in the Name Selected Sources box on the top of the page.
  • While ABI/INFORM offers coverage from 1992 to present. To search, click on the PUBLICATIONS tab and then the letter "P". Scroll down to the PR Newswire and click it. You then can search for the article you are looking for within that publication.
  • For additional information regarding regional newswires, use NewsCAT or the LexisNexis sources list under the NEWSWIRES & PRESS RELEASES folder.

• Reuters
  "A global information company providing indispensable information tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets."

• U.S. Government News/Press Release Gateway
  " provides a gateway to news and press release websites throughout the U.S. Government."

Wire services website locators:

• AJR.org News Sources: News/Wire Services (American Journalism Review)