A report on News agency, Agenzia Stefani and Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata

Agenzia Stefani was the leading press agency in Italy from the mid-19th century until the end of World War II.

The Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA; literally "National Associated Press Agency") is the leading wire service in Italy.

In January 1945, three representatives of the major political forces of the Italian Resistance, Giuseppe Liverani, managing director of "Il Popolo" (The People), Primo Parrini, managing director of Avanti!, and Amerigo Terenzi, CEO of L'Unità, advanced the possibility to organize a news agency as a cooperative of newspapers, not controlled by the government nor private groups, replacing the work of the Agenzia Stefani, moved to Milan to meet the information needs of the Italian Social Republic.

Guglielmo Stefani founded the Agenzia Stefani, which became the most important press agency in Italy from the mid-19th century to World War II, in Turin in 1853.

Dissolved on April 29, 1945, the technical structure and its organization were transferred to the new ANSA.

Agenzia Stefani was dissolved in 1945, and its technical structure and organization were transferred to the new Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA).