Michael van Poppel (born in Tilburg, the Netherlands) is the founder and President of BNO News.
Van Poppel ran a popular Twitter-based news service called BreakingNews from May 2007 until December 2009.
[1][2] On September 7, 2007, Van Poppel obtained an authentic videotape featuring Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, which BNO News licensed to the Reuters news agency.
[4] The BreakingNews Twitter account was acquired by NBC News in December 2019.
[2] In a press release in late November 2009, Van Poppel announced plans to offer a subscription-based news wire service to other news outlets, primarily those in the United States.