1. Global news & information networks
Group 3:
Nguyen Thi Hai Nga – TT38A
Le Thuy Linh – TT38A
Nguyen Le Hoa – TT38A
Tran Thuy Nga – TT38B

2. Structured presentation
Terminology
Global news and information networks
Conclusion
News agencies
Financial news services
International television news
International news channels
Global radio

3. Terminology
Bureau
An office, usually of a large
organization, that is responsible for a
specific duty.
Eg: a news bureau
News agency/ News wire/ news service/ wire service
An organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such
as newspaper, magazines, radio and television broadcasters
A news wire is composed of editors and journalists who cover stories for that particular company.
Unlike a newspaper, a wire organization does not have its own product. .

4. Global news & information networks
News agencies
The Associated
Press (AP)
Reuters
Agence France Presse (AFP)

5. Global news & information networks
AP (USA) Reuters (UK) AFP (France)
Worldwide bureaux 237 183 140
Countries covered 112 157 165
Language used 6 23 6
Journalists
employed
3,421 2,072 1,200
News output 20 million 3 million 2 million
(Table 4.19/ page 151)
They are the source of about 80% of the public’s information worldwide & they operate in a
commercial environment: “the information business”
The dominant position of Western news agencies is based on professional output – a reputation
for speed & accuracy in the coverage of international events, though their interpretation may
often reflect Western, or more specifically, US editorial priorities
The world’s top three agencies

6. Global news & information networks
Financial news service

7. Global news & information networks
Among the major news agencies of what had once been a global cartel, only Reuters has
dedicated the major part of its activity to reporting economics and financial news and
data for the business community.
Reuter’s main rivals, such as Knight-Ridder, Dow Jones, Telerate, and Bloomberg, were set up
mainly to serve financial and business markets.
Reuters also is the leading international player in financial news and data. But the most important
new player is Bloomberg.
Bloomberg offers a 24-hour, worldwide, real-time financial information network of news, data and
analyses of financial markets and business. It claims: “Our product drive investment decision that
affect millions of people- and billions of dollars worldwide”

8. Global news & information networks
Global News Channel
Viewership Bureaux Correspondents Ownership
CNN international 221 million homes 32 150 AOL- Time Warner
BBC world 135 million homes 42 250 BBC
Global TV News Agencies
Agency Subscribers Countries Ownership
APTN 330 110 AP
Reuters 310 93 Reuters Holdings
(Table 4.20/ page 155)
News on television

9. Global news & information networks
Case study: CNN (The Atlanta-based Cable News Network)
In the category of news channels, CNN is undoubtedly the world leader.
It influents news agendas across the world and indeed shaping international communication
CNN played an important role in integrating the media systems of the former socialist countries into the
Western fold.
CNN’s on-the-spot reporting of global events gave it unparalleled to mould international public opinion
and even contributed to influencing the actions of people involved in the events it was covering.

10. CNN news bureau locations (2006)
Countries with a CNN bureau
US with a CNN bureau

11. Global news & information networks
Global radio
Station Founded Languages Journalists Weekly
listeners
BBB World
Service
1931 44 1037 143 million
Voice of
American
1942 53 1137 86 million
Deutsche Welle 1953 35 1700 ____
Radio France Int. 1975 18 ___ 30 million
(Table 4.21/ page 161) Major international radio stations, 1999

12. Global news & information networks
Global radio
Radio still remains an important source of information, especially in the South. Major governments
continue to support overseas broadcasting.
Calling itself “the world’s reference point”, the BBC World Service is the world’s best-known
international broadcaster whose aims include “promoting the English language & interest” and
“projecting Britain’s value’s worldwide.

13. Conclusion
In the beginning of news agencies, financial news services, international television
news, international news channel, global radio formed the global news and
information networks, leading to actuating globalization and commodification
news and information.
US and UK’s media organizations produce and distribute much of the world’s
news and information. This leads to the overwhelming of these two countries on the
global information system. They easily distribute their Western culture, their
standard system – especial those of America – to other countries, which – undeniably –
plays the decisive role in creating general rules in mass media in the world

14. New trends of international communication systems
The trend towards the power concentration of media, mainly US
2003
5 companies
10 companies
19971983
50 companies
1987
29 companies
1990
23 companies
The trend towards using multimedia in communication
The trend towards the diversification of communication contents
The trend towards the diversification of the creations & different kinds of the audience
The trend towards using international communication in diplomacy