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Pierre LouetteNumber of Employees 2,000
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Future of ground-breaking new free music service in limbo
- 2008-01-27
CANNES, France AFP — A ground-breaking move to launch a new free global music download service that could help overcome the music industry's cash crisis faced uncertainty Tuesday. QTRAX, a website offering free legal downloads supported by ads, was launched amid fanfare Sunday at MIDEM, the music world's biggest...
Universal music streams online in deal with imeem
- 2007-12-10
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Universal Music Group said Monday it would start streaming its catalogue of music and videos on fast-growing social-networking website imeem. Vivendi-owned UMG joins record-label peers EMI, Sony and Warner in partnering with US-based imeem to let songs and videos be played online in exchange for...
US soprano Hendricks follows Radiohead in album giveaway
- 2007-11-21
PARIS AFP — US Soprano Barbara Hendricks is following in the footsteps of rock band Radiohead by letting fans decide the price of her new album as from Wednesday, her distributor said. The decision "is a first for a classical music artist", said digital distributor Believe. The 59-year-old...
Beatles tunes to be available for download in 2008: McCartney
- 2007-11-18
WASHINGTON AFP — Beatles fans will be able to download the legendary group's music from the Internet in 2008, Paul McCartney told Billboard magazine in an interview. "The whole thing is primed, ready to go -- there's just maybe one little sticking point left, and I think it's being...
'La Callas': died a recluse, lives on as legend
- 2007-09-12
PARIS AFP — A full 30 years after her death, diva Maria Callas, the most celebrated opera singer of the post-World War II period, remains both a favourite for opera-lovers and a legend outside the world of classical music. A figure of high drama both on and off-stage, Callas...
Japan's Matsuzaka pitches music CD
- 2007-07-17
BOSTON, United States AFP — Japan's Daisuke Matsuzaka is releasing a compilation of his favourite tunes in a CD which he is calling "Music From the Mound." The CD is being distributed by EMI Music Marketing and is being produced in part by Matsuzaka's agent Scott Boras. "I...
Embattled EMI suspends dividends until 2009
- 2007-04-18
LONDON AFP — EMI Group, the world's third-biggest music company but struggling with sliding sales in the United States, said Wednesday that it will pay no more dividends until 2009. The British company meanwhile unveiled long-awaited plans to borrow against its back catalogue of hit songs by artists including...
Warner Music plans EMI cash takeover
- 2007-02-21
LONDON AFP — Warner Music Group said on Wednesday that any possible takeover offer for EMI, the struggling British music company, would be in cash and not shares. "WMG confirms that any possible offer by it for EMI Group plc is likely to be solely in cash," the US...
British rock star Doherty postpones British tour to recover from drug rehab
- 2006-10-07
LONDON AFP — The rock group Babyshambles has had to postpone the rest of its British tour to allow frontman Pete Doherty more time to recover from treatment for drug addiction, his record company said. "Babyshambles have made the decision to postpone the remaining five dates of their current UK...
Beatles to pursue EMI for alleged fraud
- 2006-09-01
NEW YORK AFP — The Beatles are to take legal action against EMI/Capitol after receiving the go ahead from a New York judge, accusing the British label of fraud and not paying royalties owed to the Fab Four. "We're delighted," said New York lawyer Paul LiCalsi, representing Paul McCartney, Ringo...
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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 |
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