NOS

NOS (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting) is the news organisation of the Dutch public broadcasting system, providing television, radio, and online news. As a publicly funded service, it is one of the most widely used news sources in the Netherlands. It aims for broad, impartial coverage of national and international affairs, politics, and sport.

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NOS at a glance

Country: Netherlands
Region: Western Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Public broadcaster
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1969
Ownership: Part of the Dutch public broadcasting system (NPO)
Published from: Hilversum
Website: nos.nl ↗
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How Crosswire groups NOS

Crosswire groups NOS as Centrist for comparisons within the Netherlands' directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In the Netherlands, NRC and De Groene Amsterdammer are listed as Left-leaning, while WNL is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open NOS beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where NOS sits in the Netherlands' press

NOS was founded in 1969, is published from Hilversum and is part of the Dutch public broadcasting system (NPO). It is one of 5 outlets tracked in the Netherlands, and one of 2 public broadcasters among them — the other being WNL. By outlets tracked, the Netherlands ranks 29th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 27 of the 59 public broadcasters in the directory. The nearest counterparts to NOS outside the Netherlands, starting with Western Europe, are France 24 (France), RTBF (Belgium), ORF (Austria) and SRF (Switzerland). Opening one of them beside NOS is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.