BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$325.0M
- Private
- FR
Dow Jones Description
International News Services
Chairman & CEO
Pierre LouetteNumber of Employees 2,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers: 711510
Recent Events
-
China Mobile Seeks iPhone
-
Virgin, Delta Team on Pacific Route
News & Analysis
Filter by
agence france-presse and businessman and marketing - All News and Analysis
Real Madrid 'refused Man City bid for Van Nistelrooy'
- 2008-09-03
MADRID AFP — Real Madrid turned down a "blank cheque" for their Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy from Manchester City after selling their Brazilian forward Robinho to the English side, sports daily Marca reported on Wednesday. Manchester City and its new owner, billionaire Arab businessman Sulaiman Al-Fahim of the...
Australian PM quizzed on trips donated by China businessman
- 2008-03-19
SYDNEY AFP — Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd came under fire Thursday for accepting free overseas trips while in opposition from a Chinese businessman with links to Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho. Rudd said there was nothing untoward in allowing businessman Ian Tang's company, Beijing AustChina Technology, to pay...
US officer charged with bribery over Iraq contracts
- 2007-08-23
NEW YORK AFP — A US Army captain has been arrested in New York on charges of accepting kickbacks in return for steering lucrative supply contracts for the US military in Iraq, prosecutors said Thursday. Austin Key, 27, was arrested late Wednesday and charged with one count of bribery...
Russian Arctic expedition cost nearly four million dollars
- 2007-08-04
MOSCOW AFP — A Russian expedition to the Arctic, which ended with the national flag being planted in the seabed beneath the North Pole, cost nearly four million dollars (2.8 million euros), the organisers said Saturday. The expedition "cost nearly 100 million roubles," Ivan Frolov, head of the Russian...
Israeli-Russian billionaire boasts he could be PM
- 2006-11-19
JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli-Russian billionaire Arkady Gaydamak has boasted that he could become prime minister of the Jewish state if he decided to run for election. "Today I have the public support to be elected prime minister with a large majority," he was quoted as telling the country's mass-selling Yediot...
Fans in uproar over Yao Ming sanitary pad deal
- 2006-11-10
BEIJING AFP — A Chinese businessman has triggered outrage over his plan to register the name of China's most famous basketball player, Yao Ming, as a trademark for a women's sanitary napkin. The application has sparked vigorous opposition from the Houston Rockets center's business team and anger among Yao's fans,...
Malaysia's pop princess marries wealthy businessman
- 2006-08-21
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Malaysia's pop princess Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin married a wealthy businessman in a grand ceremony attended by Malaysian royals and broadcast nationwide on television. Siti, 27, wore a traditional ethnic Malay dress made of white lace studded with crystals, and a white headscarf and tiara for...
Slovakian economy minister defies ultimatum to stand down
- 2005-08-23
BRATISLAVA AFP — Slovakia's embattled economy minister defied an ultimatum from his prime minister to resign over an unexplained multi-million dollar loan from a businessman. "I refuse to quit my job as minister as the arguments put forward by my coalition partners are unacceptable from my point of view,"...
Berlusconi denies role in bid for media group
- 2005-08-09
ROME AFP — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied being involved in any takeover bid for RCS MediaGroup, which publishes the leading newspaper Corriere della Sera. Berlusconi released a statement to that effect after several press reports suggested he might join in a bid for the media group. ...
Russia to take US businessman into space
- 2005-07-06
MOSCOW AFP — Russia's space agency reportedly signed a deal making US businessman Gregory Olsen the next space tourist to visit the International Space Station ISS. "The contract between the federal space agency and the Space Adventures company" arranging Olsen's space tour was signed in the last few days,...
- 1
- 2
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
Industry Transcripts by Seeking Alpha
-
Warner Music Group F4Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 24, 2009about WMG
-
Image Entertainment Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 30/09/09) Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 12, 2009about DISK
-
Walt Disney F4Q09 (Qtr End 10/3/09) Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 12, 2009about DIS
-
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 11, 2009about NXST
-
Gray Television, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 09, 2009about GTN
Glass Door
Media Industry Companies
| Company | Employer Rating |
| CBS Corp |  |
| News Corp |  |
| Gannett | |
| Disney |  |
| Time Warner | |
IndustryTop Rated
- Google Offers Free Downloads of a Million Books 11 votes
- InsideView Disrupts Legacy Business Info Publishers Like Hoover's 9 votes
- Mobile is the New Mass Medium, For Better or Worse 8 votes
- AOL's Business Model: "High-Quality Content to Scale" 6 votes
- PeopleMaps: Leveraging Those Followers and Friends 6 votes
