AFP and relaxnews Launch the First Worldwide Leisure Newswire.PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- The international news agency AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. and leisure news service relaxnews joined forces Monday to launch the first global newswire devoted to leisure and lifestyle coverage at the Fondation Cartier in Paris. The new service aims to tap into a market with high potential. * 10 English-speaking journalists in Paris, backed by a global network Now live, the AFP-relaxnews leisure newswire is produced by a team of 10 English-speaking journalists in Paris, with contributions from a global network of correspondents, including four in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Dubai, London and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . Seventy percent of the content will come from relaxnews and thirty percent from AFP. Coverage falls into four main categories: * Well-being: beauty & cosmetics, nutrition, health & fitness, sport * House and Home: DIY DIY abbr. do-it-yourself DIY or d.i.y. Brit, Austral & NZ do-it-yourself DIY abbr DIY do it yourself a DIY shop/job. , gardening, decoration, design, environment, high-tech, fashion, consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and * Entertainment: Art & museums, shows, cinema, video games, books, mangas
Mangas (Μαγκας) is a member of a subgroup in the counterculture of Greece. 'Manges' are closely associated with Rembetiko. See also Rebetes , comics, music, TV, Internet * Tourism: Cars & motorbikes, gastronomy gastronomy Art of selecting, preparing, serving, and enjoying fine food. Two early centres of gastronomy were China (from the 5th century BC) and Rome, the latter noted for the excess and ostentation of its banquets. , hotels, resorts and holiday destinations The opening night party featured a short film (www.afprelaxnews.com/film) shot at the famed Jules Verne restaurant in the Eiffel Tower to get our message across: "AFP and relaxnews have concocted, for you, the world's first leisure newswire service. Taste it!" The film highlights a survey carried out in 10 countries last year1, from Britain and the United States, to France and China and India, which showed that 90 percent of people say lifestyle issues are important to their lives. Even in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of the current global economic situation, nearly half said they planned no reduction of their leisure activities - and even more said their leisure pursuits would increase. The AFP-relaxnews "menu": relax news (80 stories a day, with pictures), relax agenda (selection of 100 must-see cultural events around the world), relax slideshows (2 slideshows a day, each with at least 6 captioned pictures), relax videos (1 AFPTV video report per day), relax community (messaging, opinion polls). The world's first global lifestyle and leisure wire is being marketed under the relaxnews brand. Currently available in English and French, it will later be available in Arabic and Spanish as well. AFP and relaxnews hope to bring in revenue totalling 15 million euros by 2012. * French Research Agency's support AFP and relaxnews won financial support from the French Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche) on January 1, 2009 for a separate project to research new ways of categorising leisure-related news for mobile platforms, following a tender in 2008. The research forms part of a 30-month technological project to categorise information for the Internet, also involving the MoDyCo research laboratory of Universite Paris X and the L31 research laboratory of the Universite de La Rochelle. * 100 journalism schools given free subscriptions To highlight the growing importance and interest in leisure news, the new service is being distributed free to 100 journalism schools. After the global launch in Paris at the Fondation Cartier - on the occasion of the exhibition "Native Land" by Raymond Depardon and Paul Virilio - AFP-relaxnews will have opening nights in Hong Kong (February 11) and the United States (first half of 2009). AFP-relaxnews will also be featured at major industry shows including the 3GSM in Barcelona, MIPTV in Cannes, the WAN congress in India and the DMA (1) (Digital Media Adapter) See digital media hub. (2) (Document Management Alliance) A specification that provides a common interface for accessing and searching document databases. show in the United States. Demo : www.afprelaxnews.com/demo 1 Survey conducted by OpinionWay for AFP/relaxnews in October 2008 from a sample of more than 5,000 people who were 15 years and older from 10 countries (USA, China, Japan, UK, Germany, India, Russia, the UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. , Mexico and France). |
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