The Beta Press d.o.o., or more commonly the Beta News Agency ( sr-cyr, Новинска агенција Бета), is a Serbian
news media
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agency headquartered in
Belgrade
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, the capital of Serbia. It was established in 1992.
History
It was established on 19 March 1992 with aim to "provide full and objective coverage of events in the country (Serbia) and the region of Southeast Europe".
In 2000, the agency was fined by the government (the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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under
Slobodan Milošević
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) for publishing anti-establishment materials. The agency was fined 150,000
dinars
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(approx. US$12,860 or €13,630 at the time), and the agency's director and chief editor were each fined 80,000 dinars (approx. US$6,860 or €7,270 at the time). The fines were denounced by
Reporters Without Borders
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. Over the time, it has received funds from the
National Endowment for Democracy
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.
Ownership
The following organizations and individuals compose the ownership structure:
* Radomir Diklić
* Ljubica Marković
* Dragan Janjić
* Branislava Nikšić
* Julija Bogoev-Ostojić
* Dušan Reljić
* Beta Press d.o.o.
* Media Investment Loan Fund
* Zlata Kureš
* Ivan Cvejić
See also
*
Media agencies in Serbia
References
External links
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Mass media companies established in 1992
Companies based in Belgrade
News agencies based in Serbia
Mass media in Belgrade
1992 establishments in Serbia
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