AFP journalist Bernard Estrade dies
Estrade, who covered wars, conflicts and revolutions around the world for over four decades, has died in Paris following a long illness. He was 65.
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Estrade, who covered wars, conflicts and revolutions around the world for over four decades, has died in Paris following a long illness. He was 65.
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AFP has signed up to a technical and commercial partnership in Asia, the Middle East and Africa with BlueFox, a content integrator specialized in Digital Signage (video, photo and text for public screens).
The Board of Directors at its meeting of 27 January 2011 took note of the estimated 2010 results and unanimously adopted the budget for 2011.
Vincent Amalvy, 50, has taken over as head of sports at Agence France-Presse. He is the first former head of the photo department to take the reins of a major general service at AFP.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) has rolled out a new high performance real time delivery system to further boost the quality of its services to clients.
The number of AFP's clients has grown 27 percent from 2,730 in 2005 to 3,500 in 2010. New international subscriptions (401) and clients in France (44) account for much of the increase.
Jean-Pierre Vignolle will leave AFP on January 15, 2011 after eleven years with the Agency. He was appointed Commercial Marketing and Development Director in September 1999 and has served as Managing Director since early 2006.