Founder of ReutersJulius Reuter Founder of Wolfe News AgencyBernhard WolffBoth of them have worked in the news agency and set up their own news agency by imitating it.the First World Warperiod,Hawass SocietyIts business has developed rapidly, with more than 300 staff in Paris alone.the Second World WarDuring this period, Paris fell, but Hawass did not stop working.Paris, August 1944liberateThe staff who left the news agency due to the war returned in succession.The post Hawass News Agency merged with several news agencies established in the resistance movement to establish Agence France Presse on the original site of Hawass News Agency.In September of the same year, Agence France Presse obtained the status of a temporary public institution in the form of a decree.Agence France Presse is an independent newspaper consortium in name, but it is actually the official French news agency.
The leading body of Agence France Presse includes three organizations: (1) The management committee is the highest leading body of Agence France Presse, with a three-year term of office. The management committee is presided over by the president and general manager;(2) The High Committee is responsible for supervising the implementation of the Agence France Presse Constitution;(3) The Finance Committee is responsible for supervising the implementation of the budget and financial management.
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The business of Agence France Presse is divided into three major departments: the News Department, the General Affairs Department and the Technology Department.The Photography Department is smaller and subordinate to the Department of Public Information.The head office compiles and issues press releases in various languages through various routes every day.There are about 3500 news release subscribers in more than 160 countries and regions around the world.
On January 10, 1957, the French government issued a decree stipulating that Agence France Presse should accurately, quickly, clearly and completely independently send news to all parts of the world 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, reporting world political, financial and sports news and transmitting various pictures.The report was contributed in English, Spanish, German, Arabic and Portuguese.There are 11 lines in the French version, accounting for 60% of the text of messages sent, and 3 lines in the English version, accounting for 15% of the text of messages sent.The English, Spanish and German manuscripts were compiled in the headquarters,arabicDraft in CairoMiddle East News AgencyTranslated and issued on behalf of, Portuguese manuscript inLisbonandSao PauloTranslation.
The technical facilities of AFP are very advanced, with multiple computers, radio transmitting stations and five differentArtificial satellite。There are dozens of display terminals for editing and thousands of telexes.
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Agence France Presse has more than 2000 employees from 81 countries and regions, 900 of whom work abroad, and 110 offices covering 165 countries and regions around the world, which are located in five regions:
Agence France Presse is a non-profit autonomous public organization authorized by the Special Law of 1957.It is a commercial operation and independent of the French governmentCEOAnd 15 directors.
8 representatives of French publishers,
Two representatives from Agence France Presse,
2 representatives of the radio and television public service,
Three representatives from the public service department that donated to the news agency (one is designated by the Prime Minister, the other is the Minister of Finance, and the other is the Minister of Foreign Affairs).
The Board of Directors elects the CEO once every three years.
Agence France Presse also has a superior department to ensure that the agency operates in accordance with its laws and its orders are independent and neutral.
The main client of Agence France Presse is the French government, which provides donations for various services of Agence France Presse.In fact, a considerable amount of these donations are used as subsidies for AFP. The law stipulates that AFP prohibits receiving direct government subsidies.
The business of Agence France Presse in mainland China is divided into text and news pictures according to the habits of Chinese media.The text part is operated by the AFP office in Beijing, China and the Asia Pacific office in Hong Kong.Its account executive in China isWu Shaohuasir.
The news pictures of Agence France Presse have been submitted to China National News Agency for a long timeXinhua News AgencyAgent sales, and collect agency fees from it.
At the same time, Agence France Presse entrusted the rights and interests of its news pictures sold to magazines, periodicals and publishing media users to Dongfang IC (also known as China Photo Library, ImagineChina, icpress, ic Media, etc.), a picture company in Shanghai, China.The company is listed in the CPCPublicity Department of Shanghai Municipal Party CommitteeUnder the government website Dongfang.com, which is actually owned by the Information Office of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government of China, it is mainly engaged in the agency sales of news pictures of international news agencies in mainland China, such asassociated press、European News Agency（EPA）、Magnum PicturesThe company is responsible for sales.
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In December 2018, the World Brand Lab《2018 World Top 500 Brands》The French News Agency ranked 252[1]。
