Samachar Bharati

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| trade_name = SB Online news agency
| native_name = Samachar Bharati
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| founder = Jayaprakash Narayan
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| successor = Dr. Shailendra Singh
| foundation = {{Start date|1967|01|13|df=y}}
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| location_city = [[Bhopal]]
| location_country = [[India]]
| key_people = Shailendra singh
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'''Samachar Bharati''' ('''SB''') is a [[news agency]] based in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samacharbharti.in/about-samachar-bharati/|title=Samachar Bharati : About Us|work=Samachar Bharati|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref> It is headquartered in [[Bhopal]] and is a [[nonprofit]] [[cooperative]] among more than 500 Indian [[newspaper]]. Its main focus is the production of independent news and analysis about events and processes affecting economic, social and political development.

==History==
Samachar bharati began its operation in 1967 supported by the governments of Bihar, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka which held almost fifty per cent of its shares. Jayaprakash Narayan was its first Chairman. In 1973, it started an annual reference manual in Hindi called "Desh Aur Duniya". It also had a feature service "Bharati". On 26 July 1975, during [[The Emergency (India)|the emergency period]], the [[government of India]] took a decision to merge Samachar Bharti with [[Press Trust of India]], [[United News of India]] and [[Hindustan Samachar]] to form a single nationalised news agency of India.{{Sfn|Mehta|1979|p=44}} The employees' unions of the four agencies passed the resolutions accepting the idea of forming a single news entity.{{Sfn|Shrivastava|2007|p=51}} Finally in February 1976, Samachar Bharati was merged along with other three agencies to form a nationalised news agency, [[Samachar]].{{Sfn|Aggarwal|1989|p=190}}

==Samachar Bharati News Agency==
Samachar Bharati service supplies [[news]], [[sport]], [[entertainment]] and images stories, delivered in multi-format for various print and digital platforms. Its current editor is Shailendra Singh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samacharbharti.in/contact-us/|title=Samachar Bharati : Contact Us|work=Samachar Bharati|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref> who was appointed in January 2013.

Samachar Bharati provides a stream of content on wires, delivers packages for use online, or designs and delivers ready-to-publish pages for use in print. This media content now includes video and interactive graphics. Samachar bharati also going to start photo news services.

*News [[reporters]] file stories every day, from breaking news to [[show business]] and human interest stories.
*In sport, Samachar Bharati reports on the major events around the world including cricket, tennis, golf, rugby, horseracing and key football tournaments.
*Samachar Bharati's [[entertainment]] journalists gather celebrity coverage, star interviews and independent reviews.

==See also==
*[[United Press of India]]
*[[United News of India]]
*[[Press Trust of India]]
*[[Hindustan Samachar]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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#{{cite book|last=Shrivastava|first=K. M.|title=News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/News_Agencies_from_Pigeon_to_Internet.html?id=MHujEBLJcvIC|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|year=2007|isbn=9781932705676}}
#{{cite book|last=Aggarwal|first=S. K.|title=Media Credibility|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDmn6LI_ZDEC|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1989|isbn=9788170991571}}
#{{cite book|last=Kumar|first=Keval J.|title=Mass Communication in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ECF7hjnZWfcC|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|year=2000|isbn=9788172243739}}
#{{cite book|last=Kanung|first=Chitra|title=Freedom Under Assault|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Freedom_under_assault.html?id=1a2RAAAAMAAJ|publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation| year=2001|pages=114|isbn=9788176482264}}
#{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Derek (Editor)|title=Censorship: A World Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzisCQAAQBAJ|publisher=Routledge|year=2015|isbn=9781136798634}}
#{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Diwakar|title=Mass Communication: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ePXdIGYe6oC|publisher=Deep and Deep Publications|year=2004|isbn=9788176295079}}
#{{cite book|last=J Kumar|first=Kewal|title=Mass Communication in india|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Mass_Communication_in_India_4th_Edition.html?id=ECF7hjnZWfcC&redir_esc=y}}

==External links==
*{{Officialwebsite|url=http://www.samacharbharti.in/}}
*{{Officialwebsite|url=http://www.samacharbharati.com/}}

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[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1967]]

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