Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst
ADN headquarters in 1990 | |
| Company type | News agency |
|---|---|
| Founded | October 1946 |
| Defunct | May 1992 |
| Fate | Taken over by Deutscher Depeschendienst |
| Successor | Deutscher Depeschendienst |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Günter Pötschke (General Director; 1977–1989) Rolf Schablinski (Deputy General Director; 1978–1990) |
| Owner | Council of Ministers of East Germany |
Number of employees | 1.400 (1989) |
| Parent | Council of Ministers of East Germany (de jure) Agitation Department of the Central Committee of the SED (de facto) |
| Subsidiaries | ADN-Zentralbild |
The Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst (ADN; German for "General German News Service") was the state news agency of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It had a state monopoly on the production of news and news media, and supplied news content to newspapers and news broadcasters.