IDOwnership & classification
Founded: 1937
Ownership
Antara is Indonesia's national news agency, operating as Perum Lembaga Kantor Berita Nasional (LKBN) Antara. It was founded in 1937 by independence activists (including Adam Malik) as a private agency, brought under presidential control in 1962, and formally reorganized into a state-owned enterprise (BUMN) in 2007. As a 'Perum,' its entire capital is owned by the Indonesian government and is not divided into tradable shares.
Funding
Funded primarily from the state as a government-owned public corporation, supplemented by revenue from selling news wire subscriptions and content to domestic and international media clients.
Affiliation & stance
As the wholly government-owned national wire service supplying news to most Indonesian outlets, Antara is institutionally tied to the state and its editorial output reflects official perspectives. This direct government ownership and presidential-era lineage make it STATE, consistent with the site's current classification.
Editorial lean
- Our estimate
- Center
- Measured from coverage
- Centerbased on 821
86/100
Factual
85/100
Objective
1001
Articles
1001
reports
Factual: How accurately its articles report the facts, judged against primary sources and the cross-outlet consensus. Only articles that cite their sources are counted.
Objective: How neutral the writing is — whether reporting keeps the writer’s own preferences and opinions out of the article.
Recent coverage
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