Telegraphen-Korrespondenz Bureau
The Telegraphen-Korrespondenz Bureau, also referred to by many other names ("Austrian Correspondence", Österreichische Correspondenz, Kaiserlich und Königlich Telegraphen-Korrespondenz Bureau, K.u.k. Telegraphen-Korrespondenz-Bureau, or Korbureau, or Corrbureau, or simply KKTK) was a news agency founded in the Austrian Empire in 1849 by Joseph Tuvora (1820–1872) under the auspices of the Austrian government. It is a direct predecessor of the current Austria Press Agency.

Tuvora founded the Österreichische Correspondenz ("Austrian Correspondence") in Vienna on October 10, 1849. At that time, private telegraph and correspondent networks had already been founded in a few other countries, such as Agence Havas in France (predecessor to present-day AFP) in 1835, the Associated Press in the United States in 1846, and the Wolff'sche Telegraphische Bureau in Prussia also in 1849. Two years later, Paul Julius Reuter would establish "Mr. Reuter's Cabled Messages Office" (now Reuters) in London.

Although it was founded as a private company, KKTK would serve as a "de facto" mouthpiece for the Hapsburg government. In 1859, for better access by the administration, the news agency was officially nationalized, renamed as the Kaiserlich und Königlich Telegraphen-Korrespondenz Bureau, now regarded as the world's first state-owned news agency. The initial "Kaiserlich und Königlich" (or K.u.K.) in its name, which was common in many Austrian companies then, means "imperial and royal" and refer to the fact that the Hapsburg monarchy was both an empire (in Austria) and a kingdom (in Hungary and subsidiary realms such as Croatia and Bohemia). During its existence, KKTK worked internationally through exchange contracts with Reuters and Agence Havas, and was one of the main wire services in the 19th century.

Eventually, after the outbreak of World War I, in 1914, KKTK was incorporated into the "k.u.k. Kriegspressequartier" (war press office). APA in its modern form was established only in 1945, after the liberation of Austria in World War II.
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