# Press Association

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## Facts

- Founding year: 1868 (source: https://pamediagroup.com/our-evolution/ (not stated on pa.media))
- of news gathering heritage: 150+ years (source: https://pa.media/editorial-content/)
- in journalism, photography, video and product innovation in the past 5 years : 25+ awards (source: PA press materials)
- photographs in our image library and archive, dating back to the 1860s: 7 million+ (source: historic PA positioning)
- words published a week: 1 million + (source: https://pa.media/images/ and https://pa.media/video/)
- documented in the video library: 18 years
- puzzles supplied to customers per week: 2,500+ (source: https://pa.media/editorial-content/)
- Images per week: 2,000+ (source: https://pa.media/editorial-content/)
- Videos per week: 500+ (source: https://pa.media/editorial-content/)
- Graphics per week: 100+ (source: https://pa.media/editorial-content/)
- Archive pictures: 20 million+ (source: https://www.paimages.co.uk/collections/5736)
- Years documented in the image archive: 100+ (source: https://pa.media/images/)
- Digitised video clips: 200k+ (source: https://pa.media/blogs/editorial-data/video-launches-in-pa-create)
- Founded: 1868
- Ownership: Press Association (PA Media) is a brand within The PA group (PA Media Group), owned by a consortium of UK news-media businesses.
- Parent organisation: The PA (PA Media Group)

## Products

- [Wire](https://pressassociation.com/what-we-do/news/wire): PA Wire is Press Association’s flagship newswire — fast, accurate, multi-platform news copy delivered into UK and Ireland newsrooms 24/7.
- [Images](https://pressassociation.com/what-we-do/news/images): PA Images is Press Association’s editorial photo wire and library — news-led, deadline-driven photography for newsrooms, distinct from the Alamy stock library.
- [Video](https://pressassociation.com/what-we-do/news/video): Press Association’s broadcast-quality video for newsrooms, including vertical, social-first formats for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts.
- [PA Explore](https://pressassociation.com/what-we-do/tools-and-services/explore): PA Explore is Press Association’s newsroom platform to discover, filter, create and re-publish PA content — home to Create, ExpertHub and QuickCheck.
- [QuickCheck](https://pressassociation.com/what-we-do/tools-and-services/quickcheck): QuickCheck is Press Association’s fact-checking and verification service for newsrooms — available standalone and built into PA Explore.
- [Mediapoint](https://pressassociation.com/what-we-do/pr-and-comms/mediapoint): Distribute press releases, monitor media coverage, and access PA’s newswire — Mediapoint, the PR distribution service from Press Association.
- [Elections Data](https://pressassociation.com/what-we-do/data/elections-data): Live results, candidate data and analysis for UK and Irish elections, supplied to broadcasters and publishers.
- [TV Metadata](https://pressassociation.com/what-we-do/data/tv-metadata): Electronic programme guide (EPG) data and video-on-demand metadata for broadcasters and platforms.

## Contacts

- Sales enquiries: https://pressassociation.com/contact
- Technical support: https://pressassociation.com/contact
- Press desk: https://pressassociation.com/contact

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