United Press International

United Press International (UPI) is a global news agency headquartered in the United States filing news in English, Spanish and Arabic. With roots dating back to 1907, it was once one of the three biggest news agencies in the world, with the Associated Press and Reuters, but has dwindled in size and continues to redefine itself. Today, it is owned by News World Communications, which is in turn wholly owned by the Unification Church.

External links

• United Press International official website

History

• UPI's Trail of Tears
• Origins and Early History of UPI
• Downhold Wire
• Dead Microphone Club - UPI Radio Network

News/comment

• The New York Times, Feb. 21, 1988 "NYT Story on FNN's Purchase of UPI in 1988"
• George Garneau, Editor & Publisher, Oct. 21, 1989 "Infotech Now Owns UPI"
• Associated Press Story, June 28, 1992 "Middle East TV Network Purchases UPI"
• Melinda Wittstock, "UPI star escapes Moon's orbit: The agency taken over by Moonies has lost its respected inquisitor of Presidents", Observer, May 21, 2000.
• Bill Berkowitz, "Unification Press International? Rev. Moon Adds United Press International To His Media Empire", The Media Channel, September 13 2000.
• Allan Wolper, Editor & Publisher, May 22, 2000 "UPI WILL STILL FLY UNDER OWN FLAG"
• Eve Gerber, Brills Content, April, 2001 "Looking for a Miracle"
• Rory O'Connor, AlterNet, May 24, 2005, "Toward a 'Faith-Based' Fourth Estate"