Soft News, Hard Cash

Antara's future as a supplier of news programs to TV stations is already mapped out. It's now ready to compete with other, established production houses.

January 30, 2001

ANTARA IS anxious. The news agency was challenged to control its own destiny by President Abdurrahman Wahid: remain as a non-profit organization and be in the government, or break off and find its own profit. No official decision has yet been announced by the Antara National News Agency, but the temptation of business will surely change its outlook in five years.

Antara's marketing director Noeh Hatumena disclosed that the news agency intends to

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