GILLES CAMPION HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
TOKYO BUREAU CHIEF GILLES CAMPION HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION FROM JULY 1 NEXT YEAR.
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TOKYO BUREAU CHIEF GILLES CAMPION HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION FROM JULY 1 NEXT YEAR.
AFP launched in London Tuesday the English version of Sport Direct, a multimedia venture which brings together the Agency's unrivalled sports coverage network and its award-winning international photo service. Until now, it has only been available in French.
The World Association of Journalists and Press Editors has awarded an AFP videographic first prize en the category "best online animated graphic" at the Asian Conference on Digital Media in Hong Kong
GLOBAL NEWS AGENCY AFP LAUNCHES ITS IPAD APPLICATION IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ON NOVEMBER 28TH.
HOOG, AFP’S CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CONFIRMED THE AGENCY’S INTENTION TO SPEED UP DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MARKETS IN BRAZIL AND FURTHER AFIELD IN LATIN AMERICA, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH NEW PRODUCTS AND BY STRENGTHENING THE EDITORIAL CONTENT IN PORTUGUESE. “BRAZIL IS AT THE CROSSROADS OF FOUR AFP PRIORITIES: INTERNATIONALISATION, VIDEO, MOBILE APPLICATIONS AND SPORT,” HE SAID.
TIME MAGAZINE HAS CHOSEN A PICTURE BY AFP PHOTOGRAPHER PEDRO PARDO AS ONE OF ITS TOP 10 PHOTOS OF THE YEAR.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is teaming up with the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s giant newspaper group, to supply AFP clients worldwide with news pictures from Japan.
THE BOARD MET DEC 13, 2011 TO APPROVE THE AFP INTERIM RESULTS UP TO END-JUNE WHICH SHOWED THAT THE AGENCY HIT ITS TARGET FOR SALES, AT 140.3 MILLION EUROS, OPERATING PROFIT AT 9.0 MILLION EUROS AND NET PROFIT AT 200,000 EUROS.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned on December 25, 1991, bringing an end to the Soviet Union.
2011 : VIDEO COMES OF AGE AT AFP • Video is now firmly established as part of AFP's news coverage: