The Caribbean News Agency ( CANA ) was founded in 1975 as successor to the former Reuters Caribbean service, created by the Caribbean region's print and broadcast media 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.
4-760: 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. This journalism -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a news website is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Caribbean Broadcasting Union The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) founded in 1970
8-588: Is a non-profit association of public service and commercial broadcasters in the Caribbean . Its secretariat is located in Barbados . Beginning in the mid-1980s, the CBU created several regionally syndicated programmes including CaribScope , Caribbean Newsline , Caribbean News Review , Caribbean Business Weekly , Talk Caribbean , the Caribbean Song Festival , Riddim Express and
12-467: The CaribVision television news exchange, among other programmes. These were some of the first television programmes to contribute to a nascent regional integration movement and enjoyed wide viewership, particularly CaribScope , a magazine containing arts, cultural and general-interest features submitted by member stations. Leadership of the association is mainly rotated between representatives of
16-550: The affiliated media houses. On 9 June 2000 the commercial operations of the CBU and the Caribbean News Agency were merged into the Caribbean Media Corporation , also based in Barbados, which has carried on the business of television production begun by the CBU. The CBU's current mandate includes the facilitation of some broadcast services, representation, and training of the staff of member stations in support of
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