Business Wire and Agence France-Presse Expand Relationship to Include Pan-European Network Access, and Online Postings via AFP's Main Website, www.afp.com.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. & 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 -- 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-interest news agency, have further expanded the scope of their unique cooperation agreement to include AFP's comprehensive pan-European network, which provides for full-text distribution to more than 30 countries. In addition, Business Wire releases are now posted on AFP's main website, www.afp.com, marking the first time that a major international news service has made third-party, original-text content accessible via its home page. The agreement builds upon AFP's unprecedented decision in October 2004 to open up its widely respected Asia-Pacific network to Business Wire. The breakthrough arrangement marked the first time in AFP's storied 170-year history that an independent news provider was granted access to the agency's dedicated distribution platform. Earlier this year, the two global news services announced an expanded relationship that enabled AFP media and financial service subscribers in its key markets of France, Belgium and Luxembourg to access Business Wire's European copy. "We were already providing Business Wire with access to several areas of the world. We are now pleased to widen this access to our European network, opening our core market to its customers," said Pierre Taillefer, AFP's Executive News Director. "Today's announcement represents a natural progression of our excellent working relationship with one of the world's most prestigious news organizations," said Cathy Baron Tamraz, Business Wire's president. "It is particularly rewarding to note that AFP subscribers have reacted very positively to the availability of the Business Wire feed. We are gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. that Business Wire has proven to be a valued editorial resource for AFP subscribers." Under the agreement, Business Wire releases will be carried by AFP in addition to its own news feed to reach subscribers in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. , Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia. AFP's pan-European network is being added into Business Wire's European regional circuits, and global news packages, effective December 1, 2005. Business Wire remains the only major commercial news service that has full-text carriage provisions with all five of the world's leading news organizations: Agence France-Presse, Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. , Bloomberg, Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance and Reuters. ABOUT AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE: AFP is the world's oldest established news agency, founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas Charles-Louis Havas (5 July, 1783, – 21 May, 1858), was a French writer and founder of the news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP). Born at Rouen, Havas can be regarded as the founder of the concept of a press agency. , the father of global journalism. The agency continues to expand its operations worldwide, reaching thousands of subscribers via radio, television, newspapers and companies from its main headquarters in Paris and regional centres in Washington, 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. , Nicosia and Montevideo. All share the same goal which is to guarantee top quality international service tailored to the specific needs of clients in each region. With 1,200 reporters, 280 photographers and 2,000 stringers working in 165 countries, Agence France-Presse has one of the most far-reaching networks of any news service, providing unmatched depth and breadth of coverage. AFP distributes two million words, 1000 photos and 80 graphics a day in English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic and Portuguese. The Agency is recognized as the premier supplier of information in Asia, Africa and the Arab-speaking world. ABOUT BUSINESS WIRE: 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. 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 North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , 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. 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 24 U.S. offices, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels, Tokyo and Sydney offices, and reciprocal offices throughout the world. |
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