{"id":3252,"date":"2021-03-25T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T10:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/value-news.apa.at\/?p=3252"},"modified":"2021-03-25T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T10:54:00","slug":"apa-to-celebrate-75-years-of-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/value-news.apa.at\/apa-to-celebrate-75-years-of-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"APA to celebrate 75 years of independence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
APA \u2013 Austria Press Agency is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2021 as an independent Austrian media-owned cooperative news agency. To mark the occasion, the news agency group will be organising a series of digital events and thematic focal points throughout the entire anniversary year. Details on all activities, content and dates can be found under www.apa.at\/75-jahre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Renaissance of the basic mission<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1946, shortly after the end of the Second World War, APA was founded at the initiative of the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters as a national news agency owned by Austrian daily newspapers \u2013 an important step for the still fledgling democracy. In 1964 membership expanded to include ORF television and ORF radio. To this day, APA is one of only about 20 news agencies worldwide that are independent of state and government. As a result of its consistent focus on true and unbiased news, technology and innovation as well as a targeted strategy of diversification and internationalisation, today APA is one of Europe\u2019s most economically successful news agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n „APA’s political and economic independence has been our DNA since its foundation on 1 September 1946 and is still the basis for the company\u2019s strategic development and digital transformation into a leading news, communications and technology provider. For the free and independent press and media in Austria, cooperatively organised APA fulfils an essential democratic-political function with its basic editorial service\u201d, APA CEO Clemens Pig points out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n APA Managing Director Karin Thiller views the anniversary year as another opportunity to „illustrate APA’s basic mission \u2013 namely the reliable, balanced and fact-based provision of basic news \u2013 in all its modern interpretative facets\u201d. This includes new digital news services, live blogs, algorithm-based automated content solutions and certified fact checks as well as high-end news and communications platforms and prototyping from APA-medialab. „For APA, the digital transformation is quite an exciting challenge\u201d, Thiller says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anniversary website<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n