verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message bno news type public industry news agency internet founded tilburg the netherlands may 14 2007 headquarters tilburg the netherlands key people michael van poppel founder website bnonews.com bno news is a news agency based in tilburg the netherlands . it provides news wire services to companies and managed a popular twitter account until december 2009 when it had approximately 1.5 million users . the company was founded by michael van poppel of the netherlands in may 2007 and the company was mainly based on the twitter social networking site until december 2009 when it announced plans to launch a subscription based news wire service to media organizations . the company also announced it would end its twitter based news service and transfer the management of the account to msnbc.com as of december 1 2009 . it had nearly 1.5 million followers on its last day making it one of the most popular news services on twitter at that time . the twitter service was maintained by a number of journalists from the netherlands ireland mexico and the united states . the subscription based news wire service was launched in late january 2010 and provides news coverage to msnbc.com thaindian news w. r. berkley and other companies . a mauritian based news website island crisis news announced on may 31 2010 that it has also become a client of bno news and is the company s first client from africa . 1 the company said it is in talks with other publishers and media distributors . on september 7 2007 bno news reportedly obtained an unpublished videotape featuring al qaeda leader osama bin laden which was later sold to the reuters news agency . 2 contents 1 awards and recognition 2 see also 3 references 4 external links awards and recognition edit year organization nominated work award result 2009 twitter shorty awards breakingnews news 3 won see also edit 2007 osama bin laden video list of social networking websites references edit island crisis updates may 2010 . island crisis . archived from the original on june 2 2010 . retrieved may 31 2010 . cnn s i report did not respond to bin laden video offer from web trawler . retrieved september 29 2011 . the shorty awards news leaderboard . 1st . shortyawards.com . february 11 2009 . retrieved june 14 2012 . external links edit official website breakingnewson from twitter account to public news wire service retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bno news & oldid 738664689 categories news agencies based in the netherlandstwitter services and applicationshidden categories use mdy dates from june 2013articles needing additional references from january 2012all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 10 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view