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The aim of this research is to analyze the corporate cultures on the management control system for strategy implementation in the national news agencies. Since the tremendous development of digital technology and internet users over the past two decades, news agencies around the globe have strived for their sustainability due to the decrease of their revenues. It even drew UNESCO’s attention that in 2001 facilitated an international convention among news agencies discussing that glitch. This circumstances impose the agencies to make adjustment on their business strategies and to manage their organizations more efficiently. The global phenomenon is analyzed based on quantitative and qualitative methods in the case of Indonesia embodied by the Antara News Agency,
the only national news agency in the country. Antara’s branch offices spreads across 34
provinces and couple of international representatives. The corporate culture in the press
organization that is commonly equal and autonomous along with the corporate strategy should
induce the effectiveness of management control system. It will be corroborated quantitatively by
inquiring low and middle managers to complete questioners. This research reveals that the
organization cultures has no effect on the management control system while the corporate
strategies turn out the opposite result. The findings can be applied by the management to improve the
effectiveness of its management control systems.