The Caribbean News Agency (CANA) was founded in 1975 as successor to the former
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The agency was esta ...
Caribbean service, created by the
Caribbean region's
print and
broadcast media
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outlets.
Stake-holding media companies share their own local content with CANA which in turn would have access to other media houses' stories and articles. Using this method enabled editors in the region to have their news shared in other neighbouring countries within the Caribbean region.
On June 9, 2000, the commercial operations of CANA were merged with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) to form the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), based in Barbados. CANA and CBU remain the sole joint owners of CMC, not-for-profit corporation.
See also
*List of news agencies
References
External links
The Caribbean News Agency(CANA) - Online
* https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1976-07-24_109_30/page/10/mode/2up
* https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1984-11-24_117_47/page/28/mode/2up
Caribbean Media Corporation
Reuters
News agencies based in Barbados
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