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Pierre LouetteNumber of Employees 2,000
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LG Electronics in Fulham football sponsorship deal
- 2007-06-10
SEOUL AFP — Consumer electronics giant LG Electronics has announced a three-year sponsorship deal with Fulham in the latest tie-up between a South Korean firm and an English Premier League club. Under the agreement signed at London department store Harrods on Friday, LG Electronics will be allowed to put...
Whistle while you wash: Korean firm touts musical washing machine
- 2007-06-05
SEOUL AFP — Just in case anyone should desire such a thing, a South Korean firm has filed a patent in the United States for a musical washing machine. The design for a machine with a built-in MP-3 player and speakers "is just a concept art but we have...
Top official supports alliance of SKorea display makers
- 2007-05-15
SEOUL AFP — A top economic official Tuesday supported a decision by South Korea's display panel makers to forge an alliance to counter challenges from foreign rivals. Two liquid crystal display LCD rivals -- Samsung Electronics and LG Philips LCD -- and two plasma display panel PDP makers --...
SKorea's LG Philipps develops first A4 colour e-paper
- 2007-05-12
SEOUL AFP — South Korea's LG Philips LCD said Sunday it had developed the world's first A4-sized colour electronic-paper -- a paper-thin and bendable viewing panel. The e-paper -- which measures 14.1 inches (35.9 centimetres) across its diagonal and is just 300 micrometres (0.3 millimetres) thin -- can display...
LG develops tactile broadcast phone
- 2007-04-24
SEOUL AFP — A South Korean firm said Tuesday it is developing a mobile phone which allows users to feel broadcasts as well as seeing and hearing them. "We have developed new mobile phone technology which adds the sense of touch to the traditional modes of sight and hearing,"...
Sex films ride high–definition wave
- 2007-01-14
LAS VEGAS, United States AFP — A high-definition film revolution spilled from the world's largest consumer electronics show into the planet's biggest adult entertainment expo. Some sex stars at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo were titillated by innovations unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show CES while others dreaded the notion...
LG Electronics to bridge DVD divide
- 2007-01-04
SEOUL AFP — South Korea's LG Electronics has said it plans to sell the world's first DVD player capable of playing rival high-definition DVD formats. The dual-format player, to be released in the United States early this year, will end the "confusion and inconvenience" of competing disc formats for both...
LG hopes new DVD player will boost high–definition market
- 2007-01-04
SEOUL AFP — South Korea's LG Electronics has said it is developing the world's first DVD player capable of playing a range of high-definition formats to speed up growth in the market. The dual-format player, to be released in the United States in the first quarter of this year, will...
SKorea's LG Electronics tops world's PDP sales
- 2006-05-02
SEOUL AFP — South Korea's LG Electronics said it topped global sales of plasma display panels PDPs in the first quarter of the year, regaining the crown from Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial. LG Electronics, citing a recent report by US-based market surveyer DisplaySearch, said it was also the world's...
South Korea's largest credit card firm on sale
- 2006-03-26
SEOUL AFP — South Korea's largest credit card firm LG Card has been put up for sale with creditors offering to dispose of at least a 51 percent stake valued at around four billion dollars. Chief creditor Korea Development Bank KDB and JP Morgan, the bidding organizer, said in...
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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