Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau

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Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau

Industry	News agency
Founded	11 December 1934 (1934-12-11)
Headquarters	The Hague, Netherlands
Key people	Martijn Bennis (CEO); Freek Staps (Chief Editor); Mark Westerhoff (CTO); Gert-Jan Strik (CFO).
Products	Wire service, News, Photos, Data, Infographics, Radio, Video, Expert Support, Mediamonitoring, Distribution
Number of employees	250
Parent	Chris Oomen
Website	ANP.nl

The Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau BV (ANP) is the largest news agency in the Netherlands. ANP was founded on 11 December 1934 by the association of Dutch newspapers (NDP). The news agency's founders sought to produce a fast, fair and accurate alternative to the existing commercial news agencies.^[1]