News agencies are the oldest forms of media to transmit information electronically. A news agency is an organisation of journalists established to supplies news to its subscribers around a nation or from different nation of the world to various other organisations such as newspapers, periodicals, radio and television broadcasters, govt. agencies.
| News Agency | Country |
| Agence France Press (AFP) | France (1835) |
| Associated Press (AP) | United States (1846) |
| Wolf Telegraphic Bureau (WTB) | Germany (1849-1933) |
| Reuters | Britain (1851) |
| The Press Association (PA) | United Kingdom (1868) |
| TASS | Russia (1904) |
| United Press International (UPI) | United States (1907) |
| International News Service | United States (1909) |
| Toho | Japan (1911-1925) |
| Telegraphen Union (TU) | Germany (1921-1933) |
| Central News Agency (CNA) | China (1924) |
| Xinhua | China (1931) |
| United Press of India (UPI) | India (1933) |
| Australian Associated Press (AAP) | Australia (1935) |
| ANTARA | Indonesia (1937) |
| EFE | Spain (1938) |
| PT (Press Telegraph) | Norway (1938) |
| Taanjung | Yugoslavia (1943) |
| Kyodo | Japan (1945) |
| Radio Press | Japan (1945) |
| Jiji Press | Japan (1945) |
| ANSA | Italy (1945) |
| DPA (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) | Germany (1949) |
| Pananews | Hongkong (1949) |
| PTI | India (1949) |
| APP (Associated Press of Pakistan) | Pakistan (1949) |
| UNI | India (1961) |
| Inter Press Service (IPS) | Global News Agency |
| PANA | UNESCO (1979) |
| BERNAMA | Malaysia |
| Al Jazeera | Qatar |
| Pan Africal News Agency (PANA) | Dakar, Senegal |
| MENA | Egypt |
| Pakistan Press International (PPI) | Pakistan |
| WAFA | Palestinian |
| IRNA | Iran |
| Notimex | Mexico |
| Saba News Agency | Yemen |
| Novosti | Russia |
| Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) | Syria |
