The Caribbean News Agency (CANA) was founded in 1975 as successor to the former
Reuters
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The agency was esta ...
Caribbean service, created by the
Caribbean region's
print and
broadcast media
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outlets.
Stake-holding media companies share their own local content with CANA which in turn would have access to other media houses' stories and articles. Using this method enabled editors in the region to have their news shared in other neighbouring countries within the Caribbean region.
On June 9, 2000, the commercial operations of CANA were merged with the
Caribbean Broadcasting Union
The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) founded in 1970 is a non-profit association of public service and commercial broadcasters in the Caribbean. Its secretariat is based in Barbados.
Beginning in the mid-1980s, the CBU created several regional ...
(CBU) to form the
Caribbean Media Corporation
The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) is a Barbados-based centralised content-provider for the various Caribbean media houses in the region. Formed in June 2000, through the merger of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) and the Caribbean News ...
(CMC), based in
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...
. CANA and CBU remain the sole joint owners of CMC, not-for-profit corporation.
See also
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References
External links
The Caribbean News Agency(CANA) - Online
* https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1976-07-24_109_30/page/10/mode/2up
* https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1984-11-24_117_47/page/28/mode/2up
Caribbean Media Corporation
Reuters
News agencies based in Barbados
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