The Baltic News Service  is the largest news agency operating in the Baltic states. Founded in April, 1990, by a group of students the founding CEO was Allan Martinsonhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Baltic-News-Service/137803753056835
, it sought to inform foreign correspondents in Moscow of developments in the Baltic states' struggles for independence from the Soviet Union. Within a few months, it had been recognized by numerous Western media sources.