The Beta Press d.o.o., or more commonly the Beta News Agency (Serbian Cyrillic: Новинска агенција Бета), is a Serbian news media agency headquartered in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It was established in 1992.

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Beta News Agency

Native name	Новинска агенција Бета
Industry	News media
Founded	18 March 1992; 32 years ago (1992-03-18)
Headquarters	Belgrade , Serbia
Key people	Radomir Diklić (Director)
Revenue	€0.56 million (2018)[1]
Net income	0.002 million (2018)[1]
Total assets	€0.26 million (2018)[2]
Total equity	€0 (2018)[2]
Owner	See ownership structure
Number of employees	49 (2018)
Website	beta.rs

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It was established on 19 March 1992 with aim to "provide full and objective coverage of events in the country (Serbia) and the region of Southeast Europe".^[3]

In 2000, the agency was fined by the government (the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia under Slobodan Milošević) for publishing anti-establishment materials. The agency was fined 150,000 dinars (approx. US$12,860 or €13,630 at the time), and the agency's director and chief editor were each fined 80,000 dinars (approx. US$6,860 or €7,270 at the time). The fines were denounced by Reporters Without Borders.^[4] Over the time, it has received funds from the National Endowment for Democracy.^[5]

The following organizations and individuals compose the ownership structure:

• Radomir Diklić (12.5%)
• Ljubica Marković (12.5%)
• Dragan Janjić (12.5%)
• Branislava Nikšić (12.5%)
• Julija Bogoev-Ostojić (12.5%)
• Dušan Reljić (12.5%)
• Beta Press d.o.o. (6.25%)
• Media Investment Loan Fund (6.25%)
• Zlata Kureš (6.25%)
• Ivan Cvejić (6.25%)

• Media agencies in Serbia