The Caribbean News Agency, known as CANA, was a news agency founded in 1975 to serve the Caribbean region, succeeding Reuters' Caribbean service. Owned by stake holding media companies, it operated as a cooperative that shared regional news among Caribbean print and broadcast outlets, and in 2000 it merged with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union to form the not for profit Caribbean Media Corporation, based in Barbados.
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On June 9, 2000, the commercial operations of CANA were merged with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) to form the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), based in Barbados.
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The Caribbean News Agency (CANA) was founded in 1975 as successor to the former Reuters Caribbean service, created by the Caribbean region's print and broadcast media outlets.
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