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==Overview==
==Overview==
BNO News was founded by [[Michael van Poppel]] of the Netherlands in May 2007. The company ran a popular Twitter-based news service called ''BreakingNews'' (initially called BreakingNewsOn) until December 1, 2009. It scooped regular news organizations on political news, natural disasters, and other breaking news and grew quickly in 2009, when it went from 16,000 to more than 1.5 million followers in less than 11 months, making it one of the most popular news services on Twitter.<ref name="TechCrunch">{{cite web|title=@BreakingNewsOn: From Twitter Account To Public News Wire Service|date=January 9, 2009 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/01/08/breakingnewson-from-twitter-account-to-public-news-wire-service/|publisher=[[TechCrunch]]}}</ref><ref name=BBC/> The service was maintained by journalists from the Netherlands, Ireland, Mexico, and the United States.
BNO News was founded by [[Michael van Poppel]] of the Netherlands in May 2007. The company ran a popular Twitter-based news service called ''BreakingNews'' (initially called BreakingNewsOn) until December 1, 2009. It scooped regular news organizations on political news, natural disasters, and other breaking news and grew quickly in 2009, when it went from 16,000 to more than 1.5 million followers in less than 11 months, making it one of the most popular news services on Twitter.<ref name="TechCrunch">{{cite web|title=@BreakingNewsOn: From Twitter Account To Public News Wire Service|date=January 9, 2009|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/01/08/breakingnewson-from-twitter-account-to-public-news-wire-service/|publisher=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=March 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331171019/https://techcrunch.com/2009/01/08/breakingnewson-from-twitter-account-to-public-news-wire-service/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BBC/> The service was maintained by journalists from the Netherlands, Ireland, Mexico, and the United States.


On September 7, 2007, BNO News obtained an authentic [[2007 Osama bin Laden video|videotape]] featuring [[Al-Qaeda]] leader [[Osama bin Laden]], which it licensed to the [[Reuters]] [[news agency]].<ref name=TechCrunch/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/09/13/cnns-i-report-did-not-respond-to-bin-laden-video-offer-from-web-trawler/ |title=CNN's I-Report did not respond to Bin Laden video offer from web trawler |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929181115/http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/09/13/cnns-i-report-did-not-respond-to-bin-laden-video-offer-from-web-trawler/ |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref name=BBC/> In February 2009, BNO News won the Best in News award at the [[1st Shorty Awards]] in New York.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2008 Shorty Awards Winners and Finalists |url=http://1st.shortyawards.com/ |website=The Shorty Awards |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712132449/http://1st.shortyawards.com/ |archivedate=2019-07-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
On September 7, 2007, BNO News obtained an authentic [[2007 Osama bin Laden video|videotape]] featuring [[Al-Qaeda]] leader [[Osama bin Laden]], which it licensed to the [[Reuters]] [[news agency]].<ref name=TechCrunch/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/09/13/cnns-i-report-did-not-respond-to-bin-laden-video-offer-from-web-trawler/ |title=CNN's I-Report did not respond to Bin Laden video offer from web trawler |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929181115/http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/09/13/cnns-i-report-did-not-respond-to-bin-laden-video-offer-from-web-trawler/ |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref name=BBC/> In February 2009, BNO News won the Best in News award at the [[1st Shorty Awards]] in New York.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2008 Shorty Awards Winners and Finalists |url=http://1st.shortyawards.com/ |website=The Shorty Awards |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712132449/http://1st.shortyawards.com/ |archivedate=2019-07-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


The Twitter account was acquired by [[NBC News]] on December 1, 2009, when the company announced plans to offer a subscription-based [[news wire]] service to other news outlets, primarily those in the United States.<ref>[https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/bno-news-launches-news-wire-twitter-account-taken-over-by-msnbc-com/s2/a536637/ BNO News launches news wire; Twitter account taken over by MSNBC.com]</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=MSNBC.com takes over Breaking News Twitter feed|date=December 2009 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8389436.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> The subscription-based [[news wire]] service was launched in late January 2010 and provides news coverage to NBC News and other news organizations. A Mauritian-based news website, Island Crisis News, announced on May 31, 2010, that it had also become a client of BNO News and the company's first client from Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.islandcrisis.net/2010/05/islandcrisis-updates/ |title=Island Crisis Updates May&nbsp;2010 |publisher=[[Island Crisis]] |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602141247/http://www.islandcrisis.net/2010/05/islandcrisis-updates/ |archive-date=June 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The Twitter account was acquired by [[NBC News]] on December 1, 2009, when the company announced plans to offer a subscription-based [[news wire]] service to other news outlets, primarily those in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/bno-news-launches-news-wire-twitter-account-taken-over-by-msnbc-com/s2/a536637/ |title=BNO News launches news wire; Twitter account taken over by MSNBC.com |access-date=March 4, 2020 |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122083148/https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/bno-news-launches-news-wire-twitter-account-taken-over-by-msnbc-com/s2/a536637/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=MSNBC.com takes over Breaking News Twitter feed|date=December 2009|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8389436.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=March 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331172121/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8389436.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The subscription-based [[news wire]] service was launched in late January 2010 and provides news coverage to NBC News and other news organizations. A Mauritian-based news website, Island Crisis News, announced on May 31, 2010, that it had also become a client of BNO News and the company's first client from Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.islandcrisis.net/2010/05/islandcrisis-updates/ |title=Island Crisis Updates May&nbsp;2010 |publisher=[[Island Crisis]] |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602141247/http://www.islandcrisis.net/2010/05/islandcrisis-updates/ |archive-date=June 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


BNO News re-established a social media presence in June 2015, when it launched a website featuring some of its content.<ref>[https://bnonews.com/index.php/about-us/ About Us]</ref>
BNO News re-established a social media presence in June 2015, when it launched a website featuring some of its content.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bnonews.com/index.php/about-us/ |title=About Us |access-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331171917/https://bnonews.com/index.php/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


In 2020, BNO News provided live coverage of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] on a Twitter account called ''BNO Newsroom.''<ref>{{cite web|title=The coronavirus situation is changing fast. Get alerts on your phone to stay informed|url=https://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-coronavirus-situation-is-changing-fast-get-alerts-on-your-phone-to-stay-informed/|publisher=[[CNET]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Stressful, but necessary: How to follow coronavirus news (while avoiding fake news) without going crazy|date=March 16, 2020 |url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/03/16/stressful-but-necessary-how-to-follow-coronavirus-news-without-going-crazy-and-avoid-fake-news/|publisher=}}</ref> It also provided a coronavirus tracker, which was visited more than 71 million times, in the early months of the pandemic.<ref>[https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/04/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/ Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline]</ref> In August 2020 the company also created a database for confirmed and suspected cases of [[COVID-19]] reinfection,<ref>[https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/08/covid-19-reinfection-tracker/ COVID-19 reinfection tracker]</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Can You Get Covid Twice? What Reinfection Cases Really Mean|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-28/can-you-get-covid-twice-what-reinfection-cases-mean-quicktake|newspaper=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|date=October 28, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=4 pontos para entender a reinfecção por covid-19, agora confirmada no Brasil|newspaper=BBC News Brasil |url=https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-55407219|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> which was used by researchers and government officials, including the health ministries in Spain and Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|title=Un 20% de los enfermos de covid se pueden reinfectar a los tres meses|date=March 14, 2021 |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sanidad/20210314/reinfecciones-coronavirus-anticuerpos-11574311|publisher=[[El Periódico de Catalunya]]|accessdate=March 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://www.gov.br/ebserh/pt-br/hospitais-universitarios/regiao-nordeste/hu-ufs/comunicacao/ultimas-noticias/primeiro-caso-de-reinfeccao-pela-covid-19-no-brasil-ocorreu-em-julho-de-2020-diz-estudo Primeiro caso de reinfecção pela covid-19 no Brasil ocorreu em julho de 2020, diz estudo] ''www.gov.br/ebserh''</ref><ref>[https://www.gov.br/anvisa/pt-br/centraisdeconteudo/publicacoes/servicosdesaude/notas-tecnicas/nota-tecnica-gvims_ggtes_anvisa-04_2020-25-02-para-o-site.pdf NOTA TÉCNICA GVIMS/GGTES/ANVISA Nº 04/2020] ''www.gov.br/anvisa'' accessed 26 February 2022</ref>
In 2020, BNO News provided live coverage of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] on a Twitter account called ''BNO Newsroom.''<ref>{{cite web|title=The coronavirus situation is changing fast. Get alerts on your phone to stay informed|url=https://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-coronavirus-situation-is-changing-fast-get-alerts-on-your-phone-to-stay-informed/|publisher=[[CNET]]|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=May 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508052544/https://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-coronavirus-situation-is-changing-fast-get-alerts-on-your-phone-to-stay-informed/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Stressful, but necessary: How to follow coronavirus news (while avoiding fake news) without going crazy|date=March 16, 2020|url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/03/16/stressful-but-necessary-how-to-follow-coronavirus-news-without-going-crazy-and-avoid-fake-news/|publisher=|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123125546/https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/03/16/stressful-but-necessary-how-to-follow-coronavirus-news-without-going-crazy-and-avoid-fake-news/|url-status=live}}</ref> It also provided a coronavirus tracker, which was visited more than 71 million times, in the early months of the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/04/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/ |title=Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline |access-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-date=February 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217170929/https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2020 the company also created a database for confirmed and suspected cases of [[COVID-19]] reinfection,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/08/covid-19-reinfection-tracker/ |title=COVID-19 reinfection tracker |access-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/20200924120249/https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/08/covid-19-reinfection-tracker/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Can You Get Covid Twice? What Reinfection Cases Really Mean|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-28/can-you-get-covid-twice-what-reinfection-cases-mean-quicktake|newspaper=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|date=October 28, 2020|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=March 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331170603/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-28/can-you-get-covid-twice-what-reinfection-cases-mean-quicktake|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=4 pontos para entender a reinfecção por covid-19, agora confirmada no Brasil|newspaper=BBC News Brasil|url=https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-55407219|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=March 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331212751/https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-55407219|url-status=live}}</ref> which was used by researchers and government officials, including the health ministries in Spain and Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|title=Un 20% de los enfermos de covid se pueden reinfectar a los tres meses|date=March 14, 2021|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sanidad/20210314/reinfecciones-coronavirus-anticuerpos-11574311|publisher=[[El Periódico de Catalunya]]|accessdate=March 14, 2021|archive-date=March 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331172021/https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sanidad/20210314/reinfecciones-coronavirus-anticuerpos-11574311|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://www.gov.br/ebserh/pt-br/hospitais-universitarios/regiao-nordeste/hu-ufs/comunicacao/ultimas-noticias/primeiro-caso-de-reinfeccao-pela-covid-19-no-brasil-ocorreu-em-julho-de-2020-diz-estudo Primeiro caso de reinfecção pela covid-19 no Brasil ocorreu em julho de 2020, diz estudo] ''www.gov.br/ebserh''</ref><ref>[https://www.gov.br/anvisa/pt-br/centraisdeconteudo/publicacoes/servicosdesaude/notas-tecnicas/nota-tecnica-gvims_ggtes_anvisa-04_2020-25-02-para-o-site.pdf NOTA TÉCNICA GVIMS/GGTES/ANVISA Nº 04/2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201171321/https://www.gov.br/anvisa/pt-br/centraisdeconteudo/publicacoes/servicosdesaude/notas-tecnicas/nota-tecnica-gvims_ggtes_anvisa-04_2020-25-02-para-o-site.pdf |date=February 1, 2022 }} ''www.gov.br/anvisa'' accessed 26 February 2022</ref>


== Awards and recognition ==
== Awards and recognition ==

Revision as of 23:43, 6 May 2024

BNO News, B.V.
Company typeBesloten vennootschap
IndustryNews agency
Founded14 May 2007
FounderMichael van Poppel
HeadquartersTilburg, the Netherlands
Websitebnonews.com

BNO News is an international news agency headquartered in Tilburg, the Netherlands. It provides news wire services to media organizations.

Overview

BNO News was founded by Michael van Poppel of the Netherlands in May 2007. The company ran a popular Twitter-based news service called BreakingNews (initially called BreakingNewsOn) until December 1, 2009. It scooped regular news organizations on political news, natural disasters, and other breaking news and grew quickly in 2009, when it went from 16,000 to more than 1.5 million followers in less than 11 months, making it one of the most popular news services on Twitter.[1][2] The service was maintained by journalists from the Netherlands, Ireland, Mexico, and the United States.

On September 7, 2007, BNO News obtained an authentic videotape featuring Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, which it licensed to the Reuters news agency.[1][3][2] In February 2009, BNO News won the Best in News award at the 1st Shorty Awards in New York.[4]

The Twitter account was acquired by NBC News on December 1, 2009, when the company announced plans to offer a subscription-based news wire service to other news outlets, primarily those in the United States.[5][2] The subscription-based news wire service was launched in late January 2010 and provides news coverage to NBC News and other news organizations. A Mauritian-based news website, Island Crisis News, announced on May 31, 2010, that it had also become a client of BNO News and the company's first client from Africa.[6]

BNO News re-established a social media presence in June 2015, when it launched a website featuring some of its content.[7]

In 2020, BNO News provided live coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic on a Twitter account called BNO Newsroom.[8][9] It also provided a coronavirus tracker, which was visited more than 71 million times, in the early months of the pandemic.[10] In August 2020 the company also created a database for confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 reinfection,[11][12][13] which was used by researchers and government officials, including the health ministries in Spain and Brazil.[14][15][16]

Awards and recognition

Year Organization Nominated work Award Result
2009 Twitter Shorty Awards @BreakingNews News[17] Won

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "@BreakingNewsOn: From Twitter Account To Public News Wire Service". TechCrunch. January 9, 2009. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "MSNBC.com takes over Breaking News Twitter feed". BBC News. December 2009. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "CNN's I-Report did not respond to Bin Laden video offer from web trawler". Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  4. ^ "The 2008 Shorty Awards Winners and Finalists". The Shorty Awards. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "BNO News launches news wire; Twitter account taken over by MSNBC.com". Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "Island Crisis Updates May 2010". Island Crisis. Archived from the original on June 2, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  7. ^ "About Us". Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  8. ^ "The coronavirus situation is changing fast. Get alerts on your phone to stay informed". CNET. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  9. ^ "Stressful, but necessary: How to follow coronavirus news (while avoiding fake news) without going crazy". March 16, 2020. Archived from the original on November 23, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  10. ^ "Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline". Archived from the original on February 17, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "COVID-19 reinfection tracker". Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  12. ^ "Can You Get Covid Twice? What Reinfection Cases Really Mean". Bloomberg. October 28, 2020. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  13. ^ "4 pontos para entender a reinfecção por covid-19, agora confirmada no Brasil". BBC News Brasil. BBC News. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  14. ^ "Un 20% de los enfermos de covid se pueden reinfectar a los tres meses". El Periódico de Catalunya. March 14, 2021. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  15. ^ Primeiro caso de reinfecção pela covid-19 no Brasil ocorreu em julho de 2020, diz estudo www.gov.br/ebserh
  16. ^ NOTA TÉCNICA GVIMS/GGTES/ANVISA Nº 04/2020 Archived February 1, 2022, at the Wayback Machine www.gov.br/anvisa accessed 26 February 2022
  17. ^ "The Shorty Awards - news leaderboard". 1st.shortyawards.com. February 11, 2009. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012.

External links

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