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PanARMENIAN.Net
AbbreviationPAN
EstablishedApril 2, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-04-02)
TypeCorporate group
Location
Region
Worldwide
ServicesNews Agency, Photography, Photojournalism
Official languages
Armenian, English, Russian
Key people
Armen Azaryan (co-founder, CEO), Ara Aghamyan (co-founder), Vahan Stepanyan (PAN Photo Agency co-founder)
SubsidiariesPAN News Agency, PAN Photo Agency
Websitepanarmenian.net, pan.am/photo/
Formerly called
PanARMENIAN Network

PanARMENIAN.net is the first Armenian online news agency, an internet portal[1] based in Yerevan, Armenia. The PanARMENIAN.net information-analytical portal is one of the projects of the "PanArmenian Network" NGO. It was launched on April 2, 2000.[2] PanARMENIAN.net provides information and analysis about the main events in the social and political life of Armenia, as well as events taking place all over the world that are connected with Armenia directly or indirectly. Topics covered: Politics, Armenia and the World, Society, Economics, Region, Sport, Culture, IT and Telecommunications.

PAN Photo Agency, established by PanARMENIAN Network in 2009 is a major news and creative photography agency in Armenia.

News agency

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PAN News Agency (formerly known as PanARMENIAN.net News Agency) was established in 2000 with a focus on Armenian Diaspora. Besides the own content produced by in-house journalists and editors, the news service of the PanARMENIAN.net uses the information flows of local and world news agencies.

PAN News agency content is being spread out via various social platforms, publishing partners and content aggregates.

PAN News Agency was a pioneering news organization in Armenia to use a Creative Commons license on all its content and also include new content types in the news stories (photo stories, infographics and editorial cartoons)[3] The news agency publishes its content in three languages: Armenian, Russian and English.

Most of the users come from Armenia, the United States, Europe and Russia.[4]

Photo agency

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PAN Photo Agency (formerly known as PanARMENIAN Photo) was established in 2009. It quickly became one of the major independent news and creative photography agencies in Armenia. The agency covers major social-political, business, cultural and sporting events happening in the country and presents reports from all around the world via its international photographers and partners. PAN Photo cooperates with and provides photo wire for major international photo agencies such as Associated Press (AP),[5] Agence France Press (AFP),[6] Reuters,[7] RIA Novosti,[8] Itar-Tass, European Pressphoto Agency[9] and others.

PAN Photo images have been featured in numerous international media outlets including The New York Times,[10][11] CNN.com,[12] BBC,[13] The Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera America,[14] Libération,[15] San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post,[16] The Guardian,[17] Vogue, Esquire and others.

Publications

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  • "12 Days of Fest de Cannes" photo album, 2011[18]
  • “From disaster relief to risk reduction” – Photography workshops for children in Armenian regions was concluded in a photo stories book commissioned by UNDP, 2012[19]
  • "99" book dedicated to Armenian genocide, 2014,[20] which contains important facts about the 1915 events.[21][22]

References

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  1. ^ "Online Armenian Media: A Look into Statistics of PanARMENIAN.Net".
  2. ^ "About PanARMENIAN Network". Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  3. ^ "Creative Commons: A Free and Alternative Method of Protecting Copyright on the Internet". Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  4. ^ "PanARMENIAN.Net Stats". Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  5. ^ "PanARMENIAN Photo on AP Images". Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  6. ^ "PanARMENIAN Photo on AFP". Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  7. ^ "Reuters, Slideshow of the week". Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  8. ^ "PanARMENIAN Photo on VisualRian". Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  9. ^ "Prince Charles visits Armenia photo preview". Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  10. ^ "Obama Marks Genocide Without Saying the Word". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  11. ^ "Armenia: Rally Balloons Explode". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  12. ^ "Scores remain hospitalized after Armenian rally explosion". CNN. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  13. ^ "Kardashians leave Armenia with celebrity buzz". BBC. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
  14. ^ "What we all get wrong about Armenia, Turkey and genocide". Al Jazeera America. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  15. ^ "Libération: La semaine en images". Liberation.fr. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  16. ^ "Anti-government rally draws 10,000 in Armenia". Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  17. ^ "Tigran Hamasyan, the pianist giving jazz an Armenian twist". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  18. ^ "12 օր Կաննում". Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  19. ^ "From disaster relief to risk reduction". undp.org. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  20. ^ "99". PanARMENIAN.Net. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  21. ^ "99 book PDF download" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  22. ^ ""99". բացառիկ ֆոտո-պատմություններ Ցեղասպանության մասին' ականատեսների աչքերով". armnews.tv. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
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