Global InformationPolish Press Agency information
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| Company type | Not-for-profit news agency |
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| Industry | News media |
| Founded | Warsaw (31 October 1918), 104 years ago |
| Headquarters | ul. Bracka 6/8, Warsaw, 00-502 Poland |
Key people | Marek Błoński (CEO) |
| Products | News service |
| Owner | Polska Agencja Prasowa S.A. |
Number of employees | circa 500 |
| Website | pap.pl |
The Polish Press Agency (Polish: Polska Agencja Prasowa, PAP) is Poland's national news agency, producing and distributing political, economic, social, and cultural news as well as events information. It was founded in 1918 as Polish Telegraphic Agency (PAT).[1]
PAP serves print media, online, radio and TV, as well as government offices and private businesses. It has 14 news desks in its headquarters in Warsaw and 24 regional bureaux.[2][3]
As of 2013, the agency had nearly 500 employees and associates, including 300 journalists in Warsaw, 70 regional correspondents, 50 photojournalists and 30 foreign correspondents (among others in Berlin, Brussels, Kiev, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris, Rome, Sofia, Stockholm, Washington and Vilnius).[4][5][6]
In 2019 PAP announced plans to extend its foreign correspondent network to additional countries in Europe, Caucasus, Latin America and Southeast Asia in order to expand its presence in Central European and global markets.[7]
According to the company's website, its content reaches 96.5% of Polish Internet users via online media.[8] In 2022, it had a turnover of 56.6 million PLN.[9]
Polish Press Agency is an active member of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA).[10]
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- ^ "O Agencji". Polska Agencja Prasowa SA (in Polish). 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ^ "Kontakt | Polska Agencja Prasowa SA". www.pap.pl. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ^ "Correspondents and Photographers". Polska Agencja Prasowa SA. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ^ "Polska Agencja Prasowa kończy dziś 95 lat (wideo)". Press.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ^ "Correspondents and Photographers". Polska Agencja Prasowa SA. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ "PAP przedstawia 4-letnią strategię: więcej korespondentów, wiarygodność i jakość informacji". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ^ "Daily News Service". Polska Agencja Prasowa SA. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ^ "PAP z prawie 707 tys. zł zysku netto w 2021 roku". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ^ "EANA Member Agencies". www.newsalliance.org. Retrieved 2023-04-18.