Atlas News

Atlas News, often shortened to Atlas, is a Spanish audiovisual news agency founded in 1998 and owned by Mediaset España. It was created as a multimedia and multi-platform agency, initially producing news content for Telecinco's news division. Over its first five years, it became the leading television news provider for local media in Spain, replicating on a national scale the model of international agencies such as APTN and Reuters. The agency is headquartered in Madrid and operates from Mediaset España's facilities. Atlas News produces daily national, international, crime, political, economic, and sports news, among other topics. Its output feeds the newsrooms of Informativos Telecinco and Noticias Cuatro. The agency describes itself as covering more than 100 news items daily in professional formats, and it maintains significant production resources: 20 own delegations, more than 70 recording crews, an exclusive fiber-optic network, mobile units, and satellite uplink equipment for covering and broadcasting all types of events. As a subsidiary of Mediaset España, Atlas News operates within the group's broader media ecosystem. Its corporate services include the creation, production, distribution, and dissemination of news and video press releases, translating any communication need into audiovisual language. The agency's contact details and data protection responsibilities are managed under Grupo Audiovisual Mediaset España Comunicación S.A.U. Atlas News has been involved in the production of several programs for Mediaset España's channels, including Informativos Telecinco, La mirada crítica, A tu lado, TNT, Diario de..., Las mañanas de Cuatro, Las tardes de Cuatro, Cuatro al día: fin de semana, and Noticias Cuatro. In 2012, the agency faced a restructuring that resulted in the dismissal of 14 workers, reflecting broader challenges in the audiovisual sector.

Atlas News was established in 1998 as an audiovisual information agency belonging to Mediaset España. From its beginnings at Telecinco's headquarters, Atlas was conceived as a multimedia and multi-platform agency, producing information for Informativos Telecinco. In its first five years, it became the main provider of television news for local media in Spain, replicating on a national scale the model that APTN or Reuters represent internationally. The agency's initial strategy was built on the explosion of local television in Spain. Since its inception, the agency produced information for Informativos Telecinco. Following the arrival of Cuatro to Mediaset España and Fuencarral, the agency also began producing daily information for the newsrooms of Noticias Cuatro. Currently, Atlas News produces national, international, crime, political, economic, and sports news, among other topics, and its output is used daily by the newsrooms of Informativos Telecinco and Noticias Cuatro. Over the years, Atlas News has been involved in the production of various programs for Mediaset España's channels. Its production credits include Informativos Telecinco (1999–present), La mirada crítica (1999–2009), A tu lado (2004–2007), TNT (2004–2007), Diario de... (2006–2014), Las mañanas de Cuatro (2011–2018), Las tardes de Cuatro (2012), Cuatro al día: fin de semana (2019–2024), and Noticias Cuatro (2011–2019; 2024–present). On January 24, 2012, Mediaset España announced the dismissal of 14 workers from the agency. The layoffs were declared unfair (improcedentes), and affected workers received 45 days of indemnity per year worked, plus two months of salary. This restructuring occurred amid a crisis in the audiovisual sector. Today, Atlas News is described as the news agency with the largest production resources and territorial implementation in Spain: 20 own delegations, more than 70 recording crews, an exclusive fiber-optic network, mobile units, and satellite uplink equipment that allow the production and broadcasting of all types of events. The agency covers more than 100 news items daily in professional formats.

• 2024

  Noticias Cuatro production resumes; Cuatro al día: fin de semana ends.

• 2019

  Begins producing Cuatro al día: fin de semana; Noticias Cuatro production pauses.

• 2012

  Mediaset España announces the dismissal of 14 workers from the agency on January 24.

• 2011

  Begins producing Las mañanas de Cuatro and Noticias Cuatro.

• 2006

  Produces Diario de...

• 2004

  Produces A tu lado and TNT.

• 1999

  Begins producing for Informativos Telecinco and La mirada crítica.

• 1998

  Atlas News is founded as an audiovisual information agency belonging to Mediaset España.

The news agency with the largest production resources and territorial presence in Spain, serving Mediaset España's newsrooms.

• Informativos Telecinco

• La mirada crítica

• A tu lado

• TNT

• Diario de...

• Las mañanas de Cuatro

• Las tardes de Cuatro

• Cuatro al día: fin de semana

• Noticias Cuatro

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