APCOM is an important press agencies in Italy.
Founded by the Italian journalist Lucia Annunziata

Lucia Annunziata

Lucia Annunziata is an Italian journalist.-Career:Born in Sarno , at the age of 13 she moved to Salerno, where she attended high school and university, obtaining a degree in History and Philosophy...

 in 2001, is based in Rome, Italy and has offices in Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

, Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

, Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 and New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. Since its foundation has an exclusive partnership with Associated Press

Associated Press

The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...

 for Italy and Switzerland and in 2008 has signed an agreement with RIA Novosti . Is an exclusive partner in Italy of MINDS International

MINDS

Initiated as an EU-funded project in 2004, MINDS International was founded as an Association in fall 2007 by 11 news agencies from Europe and the USA...

.

In 2003 was acquired by Telecom Media News, a division of Telecom Italia Media

Telecom Italia Media

Telecom Italia Media is an Italian commercial television network, founded in Rome, Italy by Seat Pagine Gialle in 2003 and later acquired by Telecom Italia and listed on Italian Stock Exchange.-Overview:...

 and provide report and news for La7

La7

La7 is an Italian television channel owned by Telecom Italia Media and operated by Telecom Italia.-History:In 2001, Lorenzo Pellicioli and Roberto Colaninno, of Telecom Italia announced they had acquired Telemontecarlo, in order to create a strong competitor against the six other national channels...

 and MTV Italy

MTV Italy

MTV Italy is the Italian speaking version of the popular 24 hour music and youth entertainment channel. Unlike its counterparts elsewhere in Europe, MTV Italia is a national channel available free-to-air on terrestrial television since September 1, 1997 and available on digital terrestrial...

 news programmes, teletext and websites.

On April 29, 2009 the Italian businessman Giancarlo Abete (through Gruppo Abete) has acquired a majority stake (60%) in Telecom Media News.