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United Press International

American international news agency
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United Press International

Summary

United Press International is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (573 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • United Press International received the George Polk Award[3].
  • United Press International is in the country of United States[4].
  • United Press International is in the country of Spain[5].
  • United Press International's image is recorded as UnitedPressInternational.jpg[6].
  • United Press International's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • United Press International's instance of is recorded as news agency[8].
  • United Press International's instance of is recorded as enterprise[9].
  • United Press International's instance of is recorded as organization[10].
  • United Press International's editor is recorded as Dan Olmsted[11].
  • United Press International's founder is recorded as E. W. Scripps[12].
  • United Press International's owned by is recorded as News World Communications[13].
  • United Press International's owned by is recorded as Bettmann Archive[14].
  • United Press International's logo image is recorded as United Press International (UPI) logo.svg[15].
  • United Press International's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[16].
  • United Press International's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122293105[17].
  • United Press International's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 152412970[18].
  • United Press International's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50057803[19].
  • United Press International's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500462084[20].
  • United Press International's IdRef ID is recorded as 080231446[21].
  • United Press International's place of publication is recorded as Washington, D.C.[22].
  • United Press International's industry is recorded as journalism[23].
  • United Press International's archives at is recorded as Chapman University[24].
  • +1907-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United Press International[25].
  • United Press International's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bm97[26].
  • United Press International's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko2004244918[27].

Body

Founding

United Press International's founder is recorded as E. W. Scripps[12]. +1907-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[25].

Identity

United Press International's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UPI'}[28].

Operations

United Press International's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[16]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as News World Communications[29].

Industry

United Press International's industry is recorded as journalism[23].

Ownership

Owners include News World Communications[13], an organization[30], founded in 1976[31] and Bettmann Archive[14], an archives[32], in United States[33].

Recognition

United Press International received the George Polk Award[3].

Why It Matters

United Press International ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (573 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What awards did United Press International receive?

Honors received include George Polk Award[3].

Related Entities

business Chapman University Museum of Modern Art news agency organization privately held company Spain United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Q123600284. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Q123600284. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Q123600284. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . chapman.lyrasistechnology.org. chapman.lyrasistechnology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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