AFP

AFP

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AFP, also known as Agence France-Presse, is a privately owned company headquartered in France. Founded in 1835, it employs approximately 4940 individuals and reported $353.2M in revenue as of 2024. The company specializes in content rights and operates as a tier 1 media tech buyer, functioning as a global news agency providing coverage of world events.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1835

Headcount

4,940

Headquarters

France

Primary Segment

Content rights

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

On February 6, 2026, journalists at Agence France-Presse (AFP) publicly expressed deep concern over management's proposed reforms targeting rules for journalists' mobility and expatriation allowances. They contend the reforms would ultimately destroy the agency's historic network.

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AFP's revenues were less than $500M in 2024. All the revenue comes from entertainment rights and distribution.

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Feb

6th

2026

10:15

Cost Cutting, B2B Tag

'We, journalists of Agence France-Presse, believe management's plan would lead to our complete demise'

We, journalists of Agence France-Presse (AFP), have decided to speak out to express our deep concern about the reforms currently being proposed by management. By targeting the rules governing journalists' mobility and expatriation allowances, this reform will ultimately have the disastrous consequence of destroying the Agency's historic network.

Jan

31st

2026

06:16

America Approves Large Arms Supplies to Israel and Saudi Arabia

[Translated] On the backdrop of growing tensions with Iran, the American government has approved large arms supplies to Israel and Saudi Arabia. According to Agence France-Presse. French agency notes that Patriot surface-to-air missile systems worth $9 billion will be supplied to Saudi Arabia.

Jan

28th

2026

18:30

Lancet study warns plastics could cost humanity 83 million years of healthy life

A study published Tuesday in the Lancet Planetary Health highlights how humanity’s continued reliance on plastics—which are primarily derived from planet-heating fossil fuels—is expected to harm global health over the next couple of decades.

Jan

28th

2026

07:42

Management Changes, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Tianmai Technology Completes Board Reshuffle and Senior Management Appointment

[Translated] Zhongzheng News (Zhongzheng Net) reported on the evening of January 28 that Tianmai Technology announced that the company has completed the board of directors reshuffle election and senior management appointment work, and Wang Xin was elected as the company's chairman. The announcement shows that the board of directors consists of 7 members, including 3 non‑independent directors, 3 independent directors, and 1 employee representative director.

Jan

27th

2026

18:30

Thailand Uses Contraceptive Vaccine to Limit Wild Elephant Births

AFP – Thailand has given a contraceptive vaccine to wild elephants for the first time in an effort to control their ballooning population, a conservation official said on 28 January. Wildlife authorities and a veterinary team administered the shots to three female elephants in southeastern Trat province on 26 January, said Sukhee Boonsang, a director of the Wildlife Conservation Office.

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Jan

27th

2026

11:34

Orion 26: The Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier Sets Sail for a Multinational Military Exercise in the Atlantic

[Translated] The French aircraft carrier, accompanied by its air group, set sail from Toulon on Tuesday for a multinational exercise in the Atlantic.The strategic North zone crystallizes tensions: it concentrates Russian submarine activity and is

Jan

26th

2026

23:57

France bans social media for children and young people by parliament decision

The lower house of the French parliament has approved a ban on access to social media for children and young people under the age of 15. The text was voted 116 votes in favor and 23 against.

Jan

26th

2026

18:30

Clickbait and 'AI slop' distort memory of Holocaust

BERLIN (AFP) — An emaciated and apparently blind man stands in the snow at the Nazi concentration camp of Flossenbuerg: The image seems real at first but is part of a wave of AI-generated content about the Holocaust.

Courthouse News Service

Jan

23rd

2026

12:56

Cost Cutting, B2B Tag

The AFP management details its cost-cutting plan, rejected by personnel

[Translated] ['Paris (awp/afp) - The AFP management detailed its cost-cutting plan on Friday, which involves a reform of the expatriation of journalists from the global news agency and whose modalities have been rejected by employees

Jan

22nd

2026

18:30

Cost Cutting, Corporate Restructuring, B2B Tag

To the Agence France-Presse, the reform of journalist expatriation is tightening the social climate

[Translated] The austerity cure, announced several months ago within the Agence France-Presse (AFP), is gradually taking shape internally.

Jan

19th

2026

21:05

Trump Wants to Acquire Greenland, European Parliament Postpones Approval of Trade Agreement with the US - CTS News

[Translated] Central News Agency (Central News Agency, Strasbourg, 20th) Major factions in the European Parliament stated today that after US President Donald Trump's desire to acquire the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland and threats to

Jan

19th

2026

14:24

Trump Threatens Tariffs Over Greenland! EU Hopes to Talk with US: Will Take Countermeasures if Necessary │TVBS News Network

[Translated] After US President Trump threatened to impose tariffs on European countries over the Greenland stalemate, the EU stated today that it hopes to talk with the US, but is also prepared to take countermeasures if necessary.

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