Zukunft Der Nachrichtenagenturen

News agencies face great challenges in the digital age. On the one hand they have to deal with the change of media and the related economical and editorial changes of their media clients. On the other they have to assert themselves against competitors on the world's most competitive news agency market in Germany. This study presents for the first time a detailed view on the current situation and developments of news agencies and drafts a scenario for the future based on a study involving more than 100 experts of news agencies, newspapers, online editorial departments, radio- and TV-stations as well as scientific experts.