TT News Agency

TT News Agency
Company typeNews agency
Founded1921[1]
Headquarters
Stockholm
,
Sweden
Number of employees
120 (2007)[1]
Websitett.se

TT News Agency (Swedish: TT Nyhetsbyrån or simply TT; formerly Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå until 2013, translates to The newspaper's telegram bureau) is a Swedish news agency, the largest in Scandinavia, owned jointly by the country's newspapers and the media groups behind them. TT's services are used as the exclusive source of national news by many local media outlets.

TT News Agency is the national wire service in Sweden with a history dating back to the 1920s. TT News Agency provides news articles, images, video and infographics to Sweden's media outlets, companies and public authorities.

TT News Agency is ranked as one of Europe's most profitable news agencies. The number of employees is, as of 2018, 208 people. TT News Agency is privately owned by the largest Swedish media houses and stands free from any government, religious or political spheres. CEO and Editor in chief is Per-Anders Broberg.[2][non-primary source needed]

TT represent the photographer Lennart Nilsson.[3][non-primary source needed]

TT has won several awards such as Stora Journalistpriset, Årets Bild among others.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ne was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "About - National New Agency in Sweden - TT News Agency". Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  3. ^ "Lennart Nilsson - buy images from TT News Agency".