Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH (dpa) is a German

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founded in 1949. Based in Hamburg, it has grown to be a major worldwide operation serving print media, radio, television, online, mobile phones, and national news agencies. News is available in seven languages, among them

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, Spanish and

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. The dpa is the largest press agency in Germany with headquarters in Hamburg and the central editorial office in Berlin. It is represented abroad with around 100 locations and maintains 12 state services in Germany with the corresponding offices. The dpa has 660 employees, the turnover was 101 million euros in 2021.

History

The dpa was founded as a co-operative in

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on 18 August 1949 and became a

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in 1951. Fritz Sänger was the first

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. He served as

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until 1955 and as managing editor until 1959. The first transmission occurred at 6 a.m. on 1 September 1949. In 1986, the dpa founded Global Media Services (GMS), which bought its competitor Cartography Service GmbH in 1988. In 2010, the editorial headquarters moved to the historical newspaper district of Berlin, location of the former newsroom for Hamburg,

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, and

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. The corporate headquarters remain in Hamburg, along with subsidiaries news aktuell GmbH, dpa-media technology GmbH, and dpa-infocom GmbH.

Services

German language services

''dpa main wire'' and ''dpa regional services'' publish around 1,100 articles daily from all over the world in the politics, business, sports and panorama sections. An average of 1,000 photos are offered to customers daily via ''Bildfunk''. dpa customers are offered these services for a flat monthly fee (graded according to the size of the medium).

Foreign language services

dpa foreign language services are available in English, Spanish and Arabic. The English service is produced in Berlin and Sydney, the Spanish service in Madrid and Berlin, the Arabic service has its main editorial office in Cairo. The dpa cooperates with other news agencies, including Associated Press (AP), Austria Presse-Agentur, DPA-AFX Business News, and Schweizerische Depeschenagentur. Dpa main editorial office Berlin

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