DAPD News Agency (in German dapd Nachrichtenagentur) was a German news agency.
Overview It was founded in September 2010 with its headquarters in Berlin. It was the second largest German news agency. It originated from the former West-German news agency Deutscher Depeschendienst (ddp), which had been "built out of remnants of the old UPI news service and the former East-German state-sponsored news service""News Agencies Stare Each Other Down in Shrinking German Market", The New York Times, July 11, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2013. ADN after reunification. In 2009, under private equity ownership, DDP acquired the German branch of the American news agency Associated Press (AP), and the combined agency was renamed DAPD in 2010."News Agencies Stare Each Other Down in Shrinking German Market", The New York Times, July 11, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
The owners and managing directors were Martin Vorderwülbecke and Peter Löw. The chief editor was Cord Dreyer.About DAPD retrieved January 28, 2012 (de) The fully international news agency covered both regional and international issues.
The news service had a base of 700 customers, and provided up to 500 messages and 2,000 photographs daily. Among the customers were German newspapers and magazines, online media, television and radio transmitters, parties and governments, businesses, institutions and associations. In August 2011, the agency also created a sports service.
In July 2011, DAPD bought French photo agency Sipa Press.DAPD to acquire Sipa Press before July 10 Le Journal de la Photographie, retrieved 8 July 2012
In January 2012 it was announced that DAPD would open a news service in France.AP-France en négociation avec l'agence allemande DAPD Le Nouvel Observateur Online, 9 November 2011 (fr)
In October 2012, the DAPD filed for insolvency protection, with all six of its subsidiaries declaring bankruptcy."German news agency declares bankruptcy", The Guardian, October 3, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
On 1 March 2013, dapd Nachrichtenagentur Beteiligungs GmbH filed for insolvency at the district court in Berlin-Charlottenburg. The rights to the text archive were eventually sold by the insolvency administrator and are now owned by the dts news agency.
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