Keystone-SDA
Source Passport
CH-M-00005-0
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- Legal name
- KEYSTONE-SDA-ATS AG
- Country
- Switzerland
- Type
- News agency
- Founded
- 1894
- Editor-in-chief
- Federico Bragagnini (Editor-in-Chief)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 1 March 2026
1 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
4 of 7 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number on record, not yet checked
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated not disclosed
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address on record, not yet checked
- Official websites and accounts verified
- People behind the owning companies not disclosed
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- Keystone-SDA
- Keystone-ATS
- Company registration number Pending check
- UID CHE-105.831.440
- Registered address Pending check
- Wankdorfallee 5, 3014 Bern
- Public contact email Pending check
- info@keystone-sda.ch
2 sources
- Keystone-SDA Impressum, read 2026-10-19 (KEYSTONE-SDA-ATS AG, Wankdorfallee 5, 3014 Bern; UID CHE-105.831.440; info@keystone-sda.ch; CEO Hanspeter Kellermüller)
- Keystone-SDA, About us / Profile, read 2026-10-19 (KEYSTONE-SDA-ATS AG; SDA founded 1894, Keystone 1953, merger 2018; around 50 shareholders incl. TX Group, NZZ, SRG SSR and APA)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Share % Holding Owner type SRG SSR 7% Direct Other TX Group AG – Direct Company NZZ – Direct Company APA – Austria Presse Agentur – Direct Company - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership
- Not disclosed
- Parent group Pending check
- none (around 50 shareholders, mainly media companies)
3 sources
- Keystone-SDA, About us / Profile, read 2026-10-19 (KEYSTONE-SDA-ATS AG; SDA founded 1894, Keystone 1953, merger 2018; around 50 shareholders incl. TX Group, NZZ, SRG SSR and APA)
- SRG SSR, Shareholdings page, read 2026-10-19 (SRG holds 7% of Keystone-SDA, 10.5% of TV5 Monde, etc.)
- Keystone-SDA, Organisation page, read 2026-10-19 (executive management incl. Editor-in-Chief Federico Bragagnini; Board chaired by Ueli Eckstein)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Sister outlets in the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Money, Channels) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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