The Libyan News Agency, also known as LANA, is the official
state
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news agency
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It was founded in 1964 as the Libyan News Agency by a royal decree, amended in 1970 after the
1969 coup d'état and fall of the
Kingdom of Libya
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and changed its name to Al-Jamaherya News Agency (JANA). It was taken off the air during the
Battle of Tripoli in August 2011, as
rebel forces overran
the capital
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.
Under
Muammar Gaddafi
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's government, the agency was the only authorised distributor of foreign news and most domestic news in the country. It also routinely reported on Gaddafi and his family.
The Libyan News Agency (LANA) had a number of agreements with Arab, African and international news agencies. It had over 300 staff and 10 overseas bureaus in
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Rome
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Paris
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Valletta
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Tunis
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Cairo
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Rabat
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and
Damascus
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. The agency also maintained domestic offices and correspondents in provincial councils linked to the head office in Tripoli.
[Shrivastava, K. M. (2007). ''News agencies from pigeon to internet.'' Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. .]
See also
*
Mathaba News Agency
*
Media of Libya The media of Libya consists of a broad range of newspapers, TV channels, radio stations, and websites mostly set up during or after the Libyan Civil War, which removed previously tight restrictions on freedom of the press and freedom of speech. By ...
*
Communications in Libya
Mass media in Libya describes the overall environment for the radio, television, telephone, Internet, and newspaper markets in Libya.
The control of the media by Colonel Gaddafi's regime came to an end after the fall of Tripoli in August 2011, ...
References
External links
Jamahiriya News Agency official website
Archive of JANA site
News agencies based in Libya
Mass media in Tripoli
Mass media companies established in 1964
1964 establishments in Libya
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