Business Wire and Agence France-Presse Extend Milestone Agreement to Include France, Belgium and Luxembourg Media and Financial Markets.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-interest news agency, have expanded the scope of their historic distribution agreement to include access to AFP's media and financial networks in France, Belgium and Luxembourg, it was announced today. Business Wire becomes the first third-party content provider to have network access to AFP's extensive media network and respected economic news service in its core markets. In October 2004, 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. made the unprecedented decision to open up its highly regarded Asia-Pacific media network to Business Wire. The move marked the first time in the prestigious French news agency's 170-year history that an independent news provider gained entry to its vaunted vaunt v. vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts v.tr. To speak boastfully of; brag about. v.intr. To speak boastfully; brag. See Synonyms at boast1. n. 1. distribution network. Every AFP media and financial news service subscriber in the designated markets will have access to Business Wire's European copy. Business Wire releases will be integrated with AFP's own news delivery to provide journalists and analysts with transparent accessibility. The distribution agreement coincides with Business Wire's recent decision to open a full-service Paris office in the coming months. Nicolas Raynier has been named manager, Southern Europe Southern Europe or sometimes Mediterranean Europe is a region of the European continent. There is no clear definition of the term which can vary depending on whether geographic, cultural, linguistic or historical factors are taken into account. , with responsibility for the Euronext market, Spain and Italy Business Wire is the only commercial news service that has full-text carriage provisions with all 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. Rudi DeCeuster, Business Wire's Senior Director of European Business Development and the former Secretary General of the European Alliance of Press Agencies, negotiated the expanded coverage agreement. "Business Wire is privileged to have the opportunity to reach the important French market and neighboring nations via the country's leading news organization," said Cathy Baron Tamraz, Business Wire's president. "AFP has long served as the foundation of the French media, and we look to AFP to serve as the bedrock of our distribution network for many years to come." "We are pleased to further develop our cooperation with Business wire and now offer to this financial information provider a wide access to our core market, the French and European media. It helps AFP to enhance and widen the scope of services available through its network," said Pierre Taillefer, AFP's Executive News Director. 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, 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, Stockholm, Brussels, Tokyo and Sydney offices, and reciprocal offices throughout the world. |
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