Press Trust of India explained

The Press Trust of India Ltd.
Type:Non-profit cooperative[1]
Industry:News media
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Hq Location:PTI Building, 4, Parliament Street
Hq Location City:New Delhi
Hq Location Country:India[2]
Area Served:Worldwide
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Revenue Year:2016–17-18
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Num Employees:1,000+
Num Employees Year:2014

The Press Trust of India Ltd., commonly known as PTI, is the largest news agency in India.[4] It is headquartered in New Delhi and is a nonprofit cooperative among more than 500 Indian newspapers. It has over 500 full-time employees, including about 400 journalists. It also has nearly 400 part-time correspondents in most of the district headquarters of the country.[5] PTI also has correspondents in major capitals and important business centres around the world. It was incorporated in Madras in 1947 with The Hindu's proprietor, Kasturi Srinivasan, as its Founding Chairman. It took over the operations of the Associated Press of India from Reuters in 1948–49.[6] [7] It provides news coverage and information of the region in both English and Hindi.[8] [9] [10] [11]

Overview of PTI

PTI exchanges information with several other news agencies including 100 news agencies based outside India, such as Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, The New York Times and Bloomberg L.P. Major Indian subscribers of PTI include The Hindu, The Times of India, The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, The Statesman, The Tribune, News 18, NDTV, India Today, the All India Radio, Doordarshan, and The Wire. PTI has offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Colombo, Dubai, Islamabad, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow, New York City, and Washington D.C.[12]

Its current chairman is Aveek Sarkar.[13] He is also the vice chairman of ABP group.[14]

History of PTI

TimeEvent
1905Birth of Associated Press of India (API) floated by K C Roy, often called the first Indian news agency[15]
1919Reuters takes over operations of API but still uses API credit line
1945API registered as a private limited Indian company wholly owned by Reuters
1947, 27 AugustPress Trust of India incorporated in Madras, The Hindu's Kasturi Srinivasan becomes founding chairman.
1949, 1 FebruaryPTI begins news services, taking over operations from API but still maintains links with Reuters.
1953PTI becomes a free agent, independent of Reuters
1976PTI Economic Service is launched
1976, FebruaryPTI, UNI, Samachar Bharati, and Hindustan Samachar merge under pressure during emergency to become 'Samachar'.[16]
1978, AprilPTI and the other three news agencies go back to their original units to restart independent news operations
1980, JulyPTI Feature Service launched
1981, OctoberPTI Science Service launched
1982, NovemberPTI launches Scan, on-screen news display service
1984PTI service launched for subscribers in United States
1985Computerisation of news operations starts PTI service launched for subscribers in UK
1986, FebruaryPTI-TV launched
1986, AprilPTI-Bhasha launched, making it bi-lingual, a concept started by Samachar Bharati
1986, AugustExperimental broadcast of news and pictures via Insat-IB begins, Computer system made fully operational
1987, AugustStockscan I launched
1987, OctoberPTI photo service launched
1992, AugustPTI Mag launched
1993, AugustPTI Graphics service launched
1995, MarchPTI launches StockScan II
1996, FebruaryPTI invests for the first time in a foreign registered Company, Asia Pulse, which provides an on-line data bank on economic opportunities in Asian countries
1997, DecemberPTI introduces photo-dial up facility
1999, MarchPTI celebrates Golden Jubilee. PTI goes on Internet
2003, SeptemberPTI launches internet delivery of its news and photo services
2007, JulyPTI KU-Band VSAT system for delivery of its news and photo services launched
2010, MarchPTI launches NewsView for delivery of its news (.txt and .xml) and photo services

See also

General bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Press Trust of India sacks 297 staff in one day / IFJ . International Federation of Journalists . 28 January 2019 . en . 26 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Contact us . Press Trust of India . 28 January 2019.
  3. Web site: Viveck Goenka of Indian Express elected new PTI Chairman . India Today . 28 January 2019 . en.
  4. http://indianembassy.ru/cms/index.php?Itemid=592&id=539&option=com_content&task=view Embassy of India (Moscow) – NEWS AGENCIES
  5. Web site: Overview of PTU. Press Trust of India. 1 February 2014.
  6. http://www.ptinews.com/aboutpti/aboutus.aspx About PTI
  7. Web site: News Agencies: Their Structure and Operation . UNESCO . 1953 . 16, 21.
  8. Web site: Communal attack in Bawana shared with false claim of Muslim man injecting fruits with spittle. Mehta. Archit. 9 April 2020. Alt News. en-GB. 9 May 2020.
  9. Web site: 2 Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Kolkata? No, Media Misreported. subscription . Shreyashi . Roy . 14 February 2020. The Quint. en. 9 May 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200616131037/https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/two-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-kolkata-news-fact-check . Jun 16, 2020 .
  10. Web site: PTI Misreports Maharashtra Home Minister On Palghar Lynching. Alphonso. Anmol. 22 April 2020. BOOM . en. 9 May 2020.
  11. Web site: Has the UP Govt Slashed Funds for Education? Here's a Fact Check. subscription . Rakesh . Dubbudu . 19 July 2017. The Quint. en. 9 May 2020 . live . https://archive.today/20240406032242/https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/up-government-slashed-funds-for-education . 6 Apr 2024 .
  12. Web site: Press Trust of India . AsiaNet . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240325215710/https://asianetnews.net/agencies/press-trust-of-india/ . Mar 25, 2024 .
  13. News: 31 August 2020. Aveek Sarkar is new PTI Chairman. The Tribune (Chandigarh). 18 May 2021.
  14. News: 31 August 2020. ABP's Aveek Sarkar new PTI chairman. The Times of India. 18 May 2021.
  15. Web site: News Agencies: Their Structure and Operation . UNESCO . 1953 . 10.
  16. Book: Shrivastava, K. M.. News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2007. 9781932705676. 51.