Business Wire Enters into Historic Distribution Agreement with Agence France-Presse Covering the Asia-Pacific Region.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. & SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Business Wire and Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse (AFP) French cooperative news agency. Based in Paris, it has roots in the Bureau Havas, created in 1832, which in 1835 became the Agence Havas, the world's first true news agency. , the world's largest general news agency, have entered into a milestone agreement that provides Business Wire with access to AFP's expansive Asia-Pacific media network, Cathy Baron Tamraz, president of Business Wire, announced today. E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]For the first time in AFP's illustrious 169-year history, the prestigious news service has decided to open its primary media network to a third party. Business Wire will be made available to every 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. Asia-Pacific subscriber, and will be integrated with AFP's own news file. E[acute accent]With this agreement, Business Wire becomes the only commercial news service to have full-text carriage provisions with all of the world's leading international news organizations: Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Dow Jones and Reuters. E[acute accent]Rudi DeCeuster, Business Wire's Director of European Business Development and the former Secretary General of the European Alliance of Press Agencies, brokered the landmark agreement. E[acute accent]"We're honored to have reached this historic agreement with Agence France-Presse, a name that is universally respected in newsrooms worldwide," said Tamraz. "We look forward to becoming a valued editorial resource for AFP subscribers, providing original, full-text news and information from the world's leading companies and organizations." E[acute accent]"AFP is delighted to enter into this agreement," said Pierre Lesourd, AFP's Director for the Asia-Pacific Region. "Our clients will now be able to benefit from both, the best in global business information and a full-fledged worldwide news service." E[acute accent]AFP's coverage in the Asia-Pacific region includes Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, among other markets. E[acute accent]AFP has the region's most influential print and broadcast outlets on its network: Far Eastern Economic Review, South China Morning Post The South China Morning Post, together with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a English-language newspaper of Hong Kong, with a circulation of 104,000. (Hong Kong), the New Straits Times Not to be confused with The Straits Times, the Singaporean newspaper. The New Straits Times is a Malaysian English-language newspaper. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper, having been founded as The Straits Times in 1845, and was reestablished as the " (Malaysia), the Straits Times and Media Corp (Singapore), Kompass Daily (Indonesia), Bangkok Post, Thai Rath (Thailand), The Times of India and Hindustan Times (India), United Daily News and China Times (Taiwan) and The Australian and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia's national public broadcaster, known previously as the Australian Broadcasting Commission. The ABC provides television, radio and online services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as (Australia). E[acute accent]AFP will serve as an anchor of Business Wire's Pan-Asian distribution, supplemented by a cross-section of national, financial and specialty news services. They include Jiji Press in Japan, United News of India United News of India (UNI) is one of the two primary Indian news agencies. It works in collaboration with several foreign news agencies and partners, including Reuters and DPA. UNI began its operations on March 21, 1961, though it was registered as a company in 1959. , Indo-Asian News Service Indo-Asian News Service or IANS is a news service owned by rediff.com. It was earlier known as India Abroad News Service. , Technology Information Promotion System and Xinhua Infolink in China. Other agreements in key markets will be announced in the coming weeks. E[acute accent]ABOUT AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE E[acute accent]Founded in 1835, Agence France-Presse has journalists in 165 countries with bureaus in 100 countries. AFP operates five regional headquarters: Washington (North America), Montevideo (Latin America), Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) Paris (Europe-Africa), and Nicosia (Middle East). E[acute accent]With a staff of more than 2,000, Agence France-Presse produces some 600,000 words daily, 700 photos and 50 news graphics. E[acute accent]ABOUT BUSINESS WIRE E[acute accent]Business Wire was founded in 1961 by chairman/CEO Lorry I. Lokey, veteran journalist and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most executive. E[acute accent]The company's multi-channel delivery network, with access to some 60 international and national news agencies, financial information providers and Web-based news services throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, provides real-time, simultaneous access to key audiences--the news media, trade publications, institutional and individual investors, business-to-business decision-makers and consumers. E[acute accent]Business Wire electronically disseminates some 1,000 full-text news releases daily to the media, the Internet, online services and databases, and the global investment community in 150 countries in 45 languages. Business Wire has 25 U.S. offices, Frankfurt, London, Stockholm, Brussels and Sydney offices, and reciprocal offices throughout the world. |
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