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Pierre LouetteNumber of Employees 2,000
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AFP and Getty sign video distribution deal
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- 2009-03-30
News agency AFP and Getty Images are extending their image distribution deal to include videos. The deal will see Getty’s online entertainment videos displayed on AFPTV, the online video news feed available to AFP’s subscribers. In turn, Getty will sell AFP’s news videos on its website. ...
Getty has difficulty finding a buyer: report
- 2008-02-11
WASHINGTON AFP — The auction of Getty Images, one of the world's leading suppliers of photographs and videos, is stalled because the company has not received a high enough offer, the New York Times reported Monday. Getty has not received offers considerably above its market value of 1.6 billion...
Getty Images up for sale: report
- 2008-01-21
WASHINGTON AFP — Getty Images, the world's biggest supplier of photographs and video material, is for sale and could go for more than 1.5 billion dollars, The New York Times reported Monday. Citing unnamed sources briefed on the situation, the newspaper said the firm had hired investment bank Goldman...
Media Alert: Thousands of News Clips and Videos of Myanmar Protest Backlash Available to Websites and Bloggers Through the Voxant Newsroom
- 2007-10-04
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORSContact: Meghan Dotter, Meghan.Dotter@rfbinder.com, +1-202-349- 3638, for Voxant RESTON, Va., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Voxant, the New Media Network, currently has more than 2,100 fully licensed clips of Myanmar Burma coverage including video clips, photos and text stories provided by content affiliates including BBC World Ltd, Associated Press,...
AFL and the lost picture show war.
- 2007-03-14
Byline: Michael Bodey Mar 14, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Football League AFL is at pains to reassert its intellectual property rights. It has signed a new exclusive deal for the supply of photographs from match coverage, with Australian...
Getty buys US entertainment photo agency
- 2007-02-22
NEW YORK AFP — Global photographic agency Getty Images announced Thursday it was buying US entertainment specialist WireImage for about 200 million dollars in cash. Getty, which has a worldwide partnership with Agence France-Presse to produce and market photos, said the acquisition encompasses MediaVast Inc., the owner of WireImage,...
Charities to benefit from first Brangelina baby pix
- 2006-06-05
NEW YORK AFP — A week after her birth was announced to a waiting world, the infant daughter of Hollywood power couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, is already trading her instant celebrity for charity dollars. The first pictures of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt -- following a top secret photo...
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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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