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Samfoto

Samfoto Picture Agency was a photographer-run Norwegian photography agency established in 1976. In 2011, it was bought by NTB Scanpix. Samfoto was photographer-run and primarily sold stock photographs to Norwegian media. Samfoto represented a large number of Norwegian and Scandinavian freelance photographers, and its archive includes more than 300 000 images.

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Article summary

Samfoto Picture Agency was a photographer-run Norwegian photography agency established in 1976. In 2011, it was bought by NTB Scanpix. Samfoto was photographer-run and primarily sold stock photographs to Norwegian media. Samfoto represented a large number of Norwegian and Scandinavian freelance photographers, and its archive includes more than 300 000 images.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1976 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1976". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344505523

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.