Big News Network
Big News Network is an international news agency founded in 1998.[4] The agency is currently headquartered in Dubai Media City in Dubai, UAE with administrative offices in Sydney, Australia.[5] Big News Network operates multiple news portals distinct to the regions, nations and major cities around the world.[3] The agency is in strategic alliance and conglomeration with Midwest Radio Network and Mainstream Media.[6][7][8]
Type | News agency |
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Industry | Digital media News media Broadcasting |
Genre | News distribution[1] |
Founded | 1998 |
Founder | Allen Hayden (Hayden Enterprises) |
Headquarters | , UAE |
Area served | Worldwide[3] |
Products | Media |
Brands | Bignewsnetwork.com News.net Network eNewspapers |
Divisions | Mainstream Media Midwest Radio Network |
Website | www |
Operational history
Big News Network was established as a news search engine in the United States, in 1998, by Hayden Enterprises.[6] The group was acquired in 2000, by an Australian-owned interests, in order to originate news content for the establishment of a global directory of news portals with the News.Net extension. News.Net is a network of region specific news portals, founded in 1999 by Mainstream Media.[9] In 2003, Bignewsnetwork.com was renovated and relaunched, becoming the flagship portal of the agency. Later that year, News.Net was acquired as an associate news distribution platform of the agency. eNewspapers, a collection of international newspapers from around the world, was launched in 2004. Later in 2004, Big News Network received operational license as a news agency by the Dubai Government within the Gulf Cooperation Council at which time it was incorporated in the UAE as Big News Network FZ LLC.[4]
Today, Big News Network is an international conglomerate of global news distribution systems consisting of three platforms, Bignewsnetwork.com, News.Net directory of sites and eNewspapers network. Mainstream Media, a United Kingdom based digital news media organization, administers News.Net in conjunction with Big News Network. The eNewspapers platform of the agency is regulated by Midwest Radio Network, an Australian broadcasting and digital media company, on behalf of Big News Network.[8] Big News Network is also among the largest shareholders in Ireland's national radio station iRadio.[10]
In 2020, the non-governmental organization EU DisinfoLab found that the Big News Network was part of "network of 500+ fake local media in 95 countries that have helped reproduce negative iterations about Pakistan (or China)".[11]
Recognitions
Award | Year | Organizer |
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Best Online News Media Platform - Australia | 2017 | TMT - Australia[12] |
News distribution network
News.Net
List of portals on News.Net |
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Regional news distribution
National news distribution
International city wise news distribution
U.S. city news distribution
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eNewspapers
List of online newspapers on eNewspapers |
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Regional news distribution
National news distribution
City wise news distribution
US states news distribution
Other news distribution platforms
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References
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- "BIG NEWS NETWORK FZ LLC". edurar. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- "LexisNexis Research Solutions - Searchable Directory of Online Sources". w3.nexis.com. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- "Big News Network". Crunchbase. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- Articles, S. A. T. (28 March 2018). "Dubai-based news agency with South African links marks 20 years in online news". Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- "History of Big News Network - Global News Service, Web directory". www.bignewsnetwork.net. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- "Mainstream Media - Reaching out to the World - Corporate Information". www.themainstreammedia.com. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- "Midwest Radio Network - History". www.midwestradionetwork.com. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- Media, Mainstream. "Mainstream Media broadens news sources". PRLog. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- Slattery, Laura. "Willie O'Reilly appointed iRadio chairman". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- Kuchay, Bilal. "EU NGO report uncovers Indian disinformation campaign". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- "TMT News - Big News Network Fz Llc". www.tmt-magazine.com. Retrieved 8 May 2019.