Jornal de Notícias was founded in Porto on June 21, 1888, making it one of Portugal’s oldest newspapers. The daily publication covers national and international news with significant emphasis on reporting from northern Portugal while maintaining nationwide reach. The newspaper launched its online edition in 1995, making it one of the first Portuguese newspapers to establish a digital presence. In July 2024, the newspaper joined the Global Media Group.
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) is Portugal’s public service broadcaster, operating four nationwide television channels and three nationwide radio stations. The company has been operating in its current form since 2007, when Radiodifusão Portuguesa, the public service radio broadcaster, and Radiotelevisão Portuguesa, the public service television broadcaster, were merged. RTP’s radio operations trace back to 1935, while television transmissions began on March 7, 1957. RTP operates under an Independent General Council governance structure designed to ensure freedom from government control, and maintains regional centers throughout Portugal alongside international channels serving Portuguese diaspora communities.
Diário de Notícias, established on December 29, 1864, is a daily newspaper published in Lisbon, covering politics, business, culture, and general news. Before the Carnation Revolution in 1974, which ended decades of dictatorship, the newspaper was owned by Portugal’s authoritarian Estado Novo government. The paper is now owned by the Portuguese media conglomerate Global Media Group.
Global Media Group, formerly known as Controlinveste Media and Lusomundo Media, is a Portuguese media conglomerate headquartered in Lisbon, founded in July 2014. The company owns two of Portugal’s oldest newspapers: Diário de Notícias and Jornal de Notícias, as well as the sports daily O Jogo, and the TSF radio station. In recent years, the group has faced financial difficulties, with losses reaching €7 million in 2023. Global Media Group is one of Portugal’s major media conglomerates, controlling significant print and broadcast assets nationwide.
OKTO is a community television station based in Vienna, Austria, that has operated since autumn 2005, allowing the public to create and broadcast their own content using free production facilities and airtime. The non-profit station is financed by the Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR).
RMC BFM is a French media company founded in 2000 by businessman Alain Weill. The group operates major French media properties, including the rolling news channel BFM TV, the radio station RMC, and various regional news networks.
StagePlayer+ is a UK-based subscription streaming platform that also offers international news channels. The company was founded in December 2019 and launched its news streaming service in January 2021. Among its initial 15-channel lineup was CGTN, the English-language international channel of China Central Television (CCTV), the state-run broadcaster under the China Media Group (CMG). CGTN had its UK broadcast license revoked by Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulatory body, in February 2021 for failing to meet editorial independence requirements under British law, though it remained available on the platform operating under European licensing.
Iris FM is a regional radio station founded on December 1, 1985. Operating as an independent broadcaster, Iris FM provides news, music, and opinion programming across the southern Benavente municipality with an emphasis on editorial independence from political parties and local government. The station has expanded its operations to include a news website and podcast distribution of its programs. According to its editorial team, the station was established to serve the information needs of the southern Benavente region, which was experiencing significant demographic and socio-cultural growth during the 1980s.
Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA) was founded on January 15, 1945, as Italy’s leading news agency and a not-for-profit cooperative owned by leading Italian news organizations. Headquartered in Rome at Via della Dataria 94, ANSA maintains offices across Italy and internationally in 78 other countries. The organization claims to transmit “more than 3,500 news items and 1,500 photos daily” to Italian media, national institutions, and international organizations. ANSA emerged from Italy’s anti-fascist resistance movement, replacing the fascist Agenzia Stefani after World War II. The agency provides news services in seven languages, including Italian, English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Arabic, and since 2003 has operated ANSAMed, covering Mediterranean basin countries. ANSA is currently led by President Giulio Anselmi, CEO Stefano De Alessandri, and Editor-in-Chief Luigi Contu.