Asian News International

Asian News International
Company type	News agency
Industry	Media, news media
Founded	9 December 1971
Founder	Prem Prakash
Headquarters	New Delhi
Area served	India, South Asia
Key people	Sanjiv Prakash; (CEO); Prem Prakash; (Chairman);
Owner	ANI Media Private Limited
Website	aninews.in

Asian News International (ANI) is an Indian news agency that offers syndicated multimedia news feed to news bureaus in India and elsewhere.^[3]^[4]^[5] Established by Prem Prakash in 1971, it was the first agency in India to syndicate video news^[6] and as of 2019,^[update] is the biggest television news agency in India.

The news agency has been criticized for having served as a propaganda tool for the incumbent central government,^[7]^[8] distributing materials from a vast network of fake news websites,^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13] and misreporting events.^[7]^[14]

^ "ANI MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED - Company, directors and contact details". zaubacorp.com. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ "Terms & Conditions". aninews.in.
^ Shrivastava, K. M. (2007). News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 9781932705676.
^ Paterson, Chris A.; Sreberny, Annabelle (2004). International News in the 21st Century. Georgetown University Press. p. 122. ISBN 9781860205965.
^ "Footaging It Fleetly". Outlook India Magazine. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
^ Saxena, Sunil. Web Journalism-The Craft & Technology. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. p. 16. ISBN 9780070680838.
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[1] "ANI MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED - Company, directors and contact details". zaubacorp.com. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[2] "Terms & Conditions". aninews.in.

[3] Shrivastava, K. M. (2007). News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 9781932705676.

[4] Paterson, Chris A.; Sreberny, Annabelle (2004). International News in the 21st Century. Georgetown University Press. p. 122. ISBN 9781860205965.

[5] "Footaging It Fleetly". Outlook India Magazine. Retrieved 29 December 2019.

[6] Saxena, Sunil. Web Journalism-The Craft & Technology. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. p. 16. ISBN 9780070680838.

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[13] "#BadSources – How Indian news agency ANI quoted sources that do not exist". EU DisinfoLab. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

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