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53-642: In August 2022, the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate held elections in Khartoum, electing Abdelmonim Abu Idris, an Agence France-Presse journalist, as the new chair. The election committee allowed electronic voting, a first in Sudan, with 1,100 journalists voting from Sudan and 150 from outside. Despite the General Registrar of Sudanese Labour Organisations declaring the syndicate's establishment "illegal",

106-569: A société anonyme , Havas Conseil S.A., which expanded its business rapidly. In 1975, Havas Conseil became Eurocom, holding company of a Group of subsidiaries specializing in various communications activities. Since the 1970s, the Group grew significantly in France and internationally, both in the communications and media buying sectors, by broadening the scope of services that it offers and expanding into new communications techniques and technologies. Havas

159-1122: A day. Notable investments include: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NBC News Wall Street Journal Politico MSNBC / CNBC / Telemundo Bloomberg Government Washington Examiner Boston Globe / Washington Blade Fox News CBS News Radio AP Radio / PBS VOA Time Yahoo News Daily Caller / EWTN CBS News Bloomberg News McClatchy NY Post / TheGrio Washington Times Salem Radio / CBN Cheddar News / Hearst TV AP NPR Foreign pool The Hill Regionals Newsmax Gray TV / Spectrum News ABC News Washington Post Agence France-Presse Fox Business / Fox News Radio CSM / Roll Call Al Jazeera Nexstar / Scripps News Reuters NY Times LA Times Univision / AURN RealClearPolitics Daily Beast / Dallas Morning News BBC / Newsweek CNN USA Today ABC News Radio Daily Mail National Journal HuffPost Financial Times / The Guardian Agence Havas Havas SA ( French pronunciation: [avas] )

212-472: A fully global concern by the late 19th century. Two Havas employees, Paul Julius Reuter and Bernhard Wolff , set up their own news agencies in London and Berlin respectively. In 1940, when German forces occupied France during World War II , the news agency was taken over by the authorities and renamed " Office français d'information " (French Information Office); only the private advertising company retained

265-658: A joint venture with Extel to create a financial news service, AFX News . It was sold in 2006 to Thomson Financial . In October 2008, the Government of France announced moves to change AFP's status, including the involvement of outside investors. On 27 November of that year, the main trade unions represented in the company's home base of France – the CGT , Force Ouvrière , Syndicat national des journalistes , Union syndicale des journalistes CFDT and SUD , launched an online petition to oppose what they saw as an attempt to privatise

318-412: A new structure in late 2012. The agency network once known as Euro RSCG was rebranded 'Havas Worldwide', much like their compatriots Publicis and their network, named 'Publicis Worldwide'. Other advertising agencies owned by Havas, such as Arnold Worldwide are rebranded ' Havas Creative '; the media division remains as 'Havas Media'. Havas created an umbrella brand, Havas Digital Group, to operate across

371-790: A stake in Havas. In October, the Company completed a €404 million capital increase which enabled it to reduce its overall debt levels. By 2005, Bolloré had amassed a 22% stake, obtained 4 seats on the Havas board at the shareholders meeting, and took control of the company. Chairman and CEO Alain de Pouzilhac was deposed in a boardroom coup on 21 June 2005. Other board and management level changes followed. The board appointed independent non-executive director Richard Colker as interim CEO. On 12 July 2005, Havas named Vincent Bolloré as board chairman, and veteran banker Philippe Wahl as chief executive officer. In March 2006, Havas named Fernando Rodés Vilà, son of

424-498: A total of ten cases (including appeals) involving de Pouzilhac, four involving Hérail. Payment for de Pouzilhac's non-compete clause was upheld. Hérail and former Havas executives Alain Cayzac and Agnès Audier won at the labour tribunal, where Hérail was granted damages of close to €5 million. Since the boardroom coup, Bolloré had consolidated control by further increasing his stake, which stood at 37% as of November 2012. Havas seized

477-574: A woman in tears in front of a hospital in Algiers, Ronaldo Schemidt in 2018 for his photo of a man running while on fire during a series of riots in Caracas, and Yasuyoshi Chiba in 2020 for his photo of young protesters in Khartoum. The Albert Londres Prize has been awarded to AFP journalists on five occasions: Patrick Meney in 1983, Sammy Ketz in 1988, AFP's Moscow office in 1995, Michel Moutot in 1999, and Emmanuel Duparcq in 2011. Five AFP collaborators have won

530-509: Is Phil Chetwynd. AFP returned to profitability in 2019 for the first time since 2013 and has consistently posted positive net results every year since. In 2023, the net profit reached 1.1 million euros. The debt, which stood at 50.2 million euros at the beginning of 2017, was reduced to 26.9 million euros by the end of 2023. AFP was voted "Best News Agency" in 2021 and 2020 by the AIB (Association of International Broadcasters). Two photographers won

583-609: Is a French multinational advertising and public relations company, with its registered office and head office in Puteaux , France . Havas operates in more than 100 countries. The group is structured into three main operational divisions, offering a wide range of services including digital advertising , direct marketing, media planning and buying, corporate communications, sales promotion , design, human resources, sports marketing , multimedia interactive communications, public relations, and innovation consulting. The original Havas

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636-695: Is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris , France. Founded in 1835 as Havas , it is the world's oldest news agency. With 2,400 employees of 100 nationalities, AFP has an editorial presence in 260 cities across 150 countries. Its main regional headquarters are based in Nicosia , Montevideo , Hong Kong and Washington, D.C. AFP publishes stories, videos, photos and graphics in French , English , Arabic , Portuguese , Spanish , and German . Two-thirds of its turnover comes from its own commercial activities, with

689-1008: Is administered by a CEO and a board comprising 15 members: The mission of AFP is defined in its statute : The board elects the CEO for a renewable term of three years. AFP also has a council charged with ensuring that the agency operates according to its statutes, which mandate absolute independence and neutrality. Editorially, AFP is governed by a network of senior journalists. Based in Paris, AFP covers 151 countries, with 201 offices, 50 local correspondents and five regional centres: Washington (North America) Hong Kong (Asia-Pacific) Montevideo (Latin America) Nicosia (Middle East) Paris (Europe and Africa) As of 2020, AFP claimed it employed 2,400 people of 100 nationalities, including 1,700 journalists. It provides information in six languages (French, English, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Arabic), twenty-four hours

742-560: Is divided into several sections, including homepage, text materials, photos, videos and graphics. News can be filtered by headings (news, business, sports, science), hashtags and by geographical regions (Africa, North America, Europe, etc.). All information is available in 6 languages: French, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Traditional and Simplified Chinese. In total, there are about 1250 illustrated materials per day, available in XML , HTML , TXT , NewsML or WML formats. In July 2001,

795-649: Is named chairman and CEO of the largest division Euro RSCG, whose headquarters are moved to New York in 1997. In 1998, Compagnie Générale des Eaux, led by Jean-Marie Messier , changed its name to Vivendi and acquired control of Havas (and its subsidiary Havas Advertising); it acquired a third of Havas in February 1997, and the remainder in March 1998 in a deal that valued the company at €6 billion (£4.05 billion). Vivendi later considered its advertising and communications interests no longer strategic. Between 1998 and 2001, late in

848-475: The 2010 Haiti earthquake without his permission, in violation of copyright and Twitter's terms of service. AFP's statute was changed in 2015 to bring it into line with European legislation through Law No. 2015-433 of 17 April 2015. The State's financing of AFP was thus modified and was structured into two components: The current CEO and chairman is Fabrice Fries and the Global News Director

901-584: The UK -based digital agency and Google partner, Search Laboratory. In April 2024, it was announced Havas had acquired the Paris-headquartered data consultancy company, TED Consulting. In July 2024, four of their agencies - Havas London, Havas Lemz, Havas New York, and Havas Immerse - lost their B Corp status over work for Shell plc . By 1968, Havas had become a diversified group which had, inter alia , media interests. These interests were incorporated into

954-515: The toppled regime . The Registrar refused to approve the syndicate's documents and structures, citing violations of the Trade Union Law of 2010 . Despite this, the syndicate, led by Abdulmoniem Abu Idrees, is determined to continue its work and confront the decision, drawing its legitimacy from Agreement No. 87 regarding freedom of association, which Sudan ratified under Law No. 1 of 2021. The SJS rejected Israel–Sudan normalisation agreement that

1007-623: The Asia-Pacific region. He has also worked in Nicosia, Jerusalem, Gaza and Baghdad. In 2008, Mobile services appeared – a separate digital platform for mobile phones. News in Mobile services is available in 6 languages (French, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, German) and is divided into 22 thematic blocks: world news, world sports, football, top pages, Middle East, US news, Asia and Pacific news region, photos, videos, UK news, Africa, business, sports in

1060-526: The Creative and Media divisions. Holding 22.01% of the share capital of Havas, on 21 June 2005, Bolloré ousted CEO Alain de Pouzilhac. Havas then dismissed Hérail for gross negligence ; vice-chairman Alain Cayzac and others close to de Pouzilhac were also relieved of their services. Alain de Pouzilhac took Havas to court to seek unblocking of payment for non-compete that Havas had been withholding; civil cases were also launched by both for severance pay –

1113-532: The European Convention on Human Rights. The Nanterre Court said that specifically, the provisions of this Convention relating in particular to access to the case file, the personal assistance of counsel during the investigation and the balance between the parties had not been met. In its decision, the Court considered that, given the weight and complexity of the case, which had 700 items – a preliminary investigation

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1166-696: The Havas Advertising business. The Havas Advertising board decided to acquire the Havas name from its parent, and the decision was approved by the annual shareholders meeting held on 23 May 2002. In September 2003, the group reorganized itself, as agencies from the Diversified Agencies division were sold or absorbed into three core divisions:Euro RSCG Worldwide (integrated communications); MPG (Media planning and buying) and Arnold Worldwide Partners (advertising). In July 2004, after having completed its strategic reorganization, Bolloré Group started acquiring

1219-537: The Nanterre criminal court on 15 May 2007, and again in August and November 2007 to initiate three cases against de Pouzilhac, Hérail and Cayzac, accusing them of "conspiracy, misappropriating from the company, and attempting to cover up". Havas alleged that the three directors had signed new employment contracts during the takeover that gave them generous golden parachutes in the likely event of their removal. Also, de Pouzilhac

1272-598: The Pulitzer Prize for an AFP photo: Massoud Hossaini for his photo of a young girl in tears after a suicide bombing in Kaboul (1st place in the category Breaking News), and Javier Manzano in 2013 for his photo of two Syrian rebel soldiers in a room lit by rays of sunlight shining through bullet holes in the wall (1st place in the category Photo Magazine). The World Press photo of the year has been awarded on three occasions to AFP photographers: Hocine Zaourar in 1998 for his photo of

1325-580: The RSF to ensure safe passage for stranded civilians. The RSF Advisory Council has stated that it will not tolerate misbehaviour within its ranks and will use necessary force to protect the Sudanese people. The syndicate aims to defend the freedom and professionalism of the press, and contribute to the democratic and civil transformation in Sudan. The syndicate will also seek a minimum wage and health and social insurance for its members, and push for paid maternity leave for

1378-583: The Rory Peck Prize: Pacôme Pabandji in 2014, Zein Al-Rifai in 2015, Will Vassilopoulos in 2016, Luis Sequeira in 2019, and Solan Kolli in 2021. The Visa d'Or (in the category News) has been awarded on four occasions to AFP photographers; Georges Gobet in 2003, Bülent Kilic in 2015, Aris Messinis in 2016, Guillermo Arias in 2019, as well as Sameer Al-Doumy, who won the Visa d'Or Humanitaire in 2022. AFP

1431-471: The US, South African news, science, cricket, US politics, culture, Canada, lifestyle, technology and media, more. In addition to the section by headings, the news is divided into 100 categories (crime, energy, military conflicts, human rights, etc.), 43 countries, 70 cities and 100 hashtags. There is also a general search. AFP operates under a 1957 law as a commercial business independent of the French government . AFP

1484-649: The Unified Physicians’ Office and the Sudanese Teachers Committee supported the syndicate, citing international conventions ratified by Sudan supporting freedom of work and union organisation. The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate was re-established after 33 years after it was dissolved in 1989 after Omar al-Bashir coup d'état . However, the syndicate is facing opposition from the Registrar of Labor Organizations and some journalists affiliated with

1537-478: The agency announced the launch of AFP Video services, a video graphics division. Already in 2007, the agency launches AFPTV – a project in which all news from 2011 appear in HD video format. As of 2015, 200 videos in 7 languages appear on the site every day. On 10 June 2024, AFP announced the appointment of Mehdi Lebouachera as its new Global Editor-in-Chief, effective November 2024. Lebouachera succeeds Sophie Huet, who held

1590-753: The agency began to decentralize its editorial decision-making by setting up the first of its five autonomous regional centres, in Hong Kong, then a British dependent territory . Each region has its own budget, administrative director and chief editor . In September 2007, the AFP Foundation was launched to promote higher standards of journalism worldwide. The Mitrokhin Archive identified six agents and two confidential KGB contacts inside Agence France-Presse who were used in Soviet operations in France . In 1991, AFP set up

1643-644: The agency. On 10 December 2009, the French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand announced that he was setting up a Committee of Experts under former AFP CEO Henri Pigeat to study plans for the agency's future status. On 24 February 2010, Pierre Louette unexpectedly announced his intention to resign as CEO by the end of March, and move to a job with France Télécom . In November 2013, AFP and Getty Images were ordered to pay $ 1.2 million compensation to freelance photojournalist Daniel Morel for using his images posted on Twitter related to

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1696-521: The death of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin on 6 March 1953. AFP was keen to shake off its semi-official status, and on 10 January 1957, the French Parliament passed a law establishing its independence. Since that date, the proportion of the agency's revenues generated by subscriptions from government departments has steadily declined. Such subscriptions represented 115 million euros in 2011. In 1982,

1749-526: The first time. The union consists of more than 1,300 members, and provide health coverage for its members. In February 2024, the syndicate trained 185 journalist in El-Gadarif . The syndicate has been vocal against the deliberate targeting of journalists, and called for investigation into the killing, assaulting, and detention of journalists. Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse ( French pronunciation: [aʒɑ̃s fʁɑ̃s pʁɛs] ; AFP )

1802-1046: The founder of Media Planning S.A. Leopoldo Rodés Castañes, as its new CEO. Havas remained listed on Euronext , but delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange as of 28 July 2006. In March 2015, the group's main shareholder Bollore S.A sold a 22.5 percent stake in the firm for around €600 million, but announced it intended to remain a majority shareholder. Havas is a media holding company, whose subsidiaries provide communication consulting services, through traditional advertising media (television, radio and print and display), to media buying , and various marketing services such as advertising management , direct marketing , sales promotion , corporate communications , blockchain and ICO marketing, healthcare communications, internal communications , Television sponsorship , design, human resources communications and interactive communications . Attempting to be perceived by clients and potential clients as "more entrepreneurial and more agile", Havas adopted

1855-537: The height of the M&;A frenzy, Havas Advertising agreed to acquire Snyder Communications , Inc. (SNC) in an all-share transaction, where SNC was valued at US$ 2.1 billion. SNC was a listed communications group controlled by Daniel Snyder , and their activities were mainly outsourced marketing services, such as direct marketing , database marketing , proprietary product sampling, sponsored information display in prime locations, call centres , field sales. Just prior to

1908-462: The information provided by the agency's website, thematically infographics have the following distribution: 31% – politics , 27% – economics , 18% – sports , 12% – society , 10% – general news , 2% – culture and media . Infographics are available in 6 languages: French, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish and German. In 2014, AFP launches a content platform that is available on all electronic media: computers, tablets and mobile phones. AFP Forum

1961-540: The name Havas . On 20 August 1944, as Allied forces moved on Paris , a group of journalists in the French Resistance seized the offices of the FIO and issued the first news dispatch from the liberated city under the name of Agence France-Presse. Established as a state enterprise , AFP devoted the post-war years to developing its network of international correspondents. One of them was the first Western journalist to report

2014-543: The name in 2002. It is a holding company headquartered in Puteaux, Paris . French corporate raider Vincent Bolloré , through his holding company the Bolloré Group, is the main shareholder, controlling 32.84% of the share capital as of 7 May 2012. Bolloré himself took over the chairmanship of the Havas board ( Président du conseil d'administration ). In November 2017, Havas acquired Malaysia-based agency Immerse and rebranded to Havas Immerse. In April 2022, Havas acquired

2067-591: The next Albert Londres Prize. Together with his colleague from the liberation movement, Serge Chalandon, he covered the events of the Libyan Civil War for six years. On 17 October 2014, AFP international director Michèle Léridon received the Investigation and Reporting Award at the International Congress of Journalism and Information. Michèle Léridon was the author of the article "Covering ISIS", which

2120-680: The position since 2019 and is set to transition to a new role overseeing AFP's artificial intelligence strategy. Lebouachera previously worked as an AFP video journalist in Central America and Mexico before becoming the Video Editor-in-Chief for Latin America in Montevideo. He was later appointed Global Video Editor-in-Chief in Paris and, in September 2021, assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief for

2173-545: The remaining one-third being provided by the French government (amounting to 113.3 million euros in 2022) as compensation for carrying out its mission of general interest. Agence France-Presse has its origins in the Agence Havas , founded in 1835 in Paris by Charles-Louis Havas , making it the world's oldest news service. The agency pioneered the collection and dissemination of news as a commodity , and had established itself as

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2226-692: The takeover, the market capitalisation of SNC was just US$ 1.3 billion. As part of the SNC deal, Havas Advertising listed American Depositary Shares (ADSs) on the NASDAQ National Market System. The deal was completed on 25 September; the stake belonging to Vivendi was diluted to 40% following the acquisition. The sale provided Snyder with funds he used to acquire the Washington Redskins team and their stadium for $ 800 million in May 1999, in what

2279-639: The war, with more than 200 being internally displaced. In December 2023, The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate has called for international intervention to establish secure passages for civilians and journalists in Al-Jazirah State , following the Rapid Support Forces ' (RSF) takeover of the state . The RSF's actions have led to distressing incidents, including forced confiscation of property and restrictions on movement. The syndicate has denounced these actions as "unarmed terrorism" and urged for pressure on

2332-512: The wave of consolidation within the advertising/communications sector, Havas Advertising adopted an aggressive acquisition strategy in order not to become a takeover target following its independence from Havas. In order to become a bigger and more global player, it acquired MPG and Snyder, as well as around one hundred specialized agencies in America , Europe and the Asia Pacific region. This strategy

2385-453: Was accused of conspiring with Hérail to grant payment of €300,000 to fellow director Thierry Meyer. The preliminary inquiry into the charges under public prosecutor Philippe Courroye lasted three years, during which time the accused were given either sporadic or no access to evidence for their defence, contrary to the legal requirements. "The Tribunal took the view that the criminal proceedings had not complied with proper procedures, nor with

2438-444: Was at the time a record price for a US sports franchise. SNC's three divisions: Bounty SCA Worldwide, Arnold Communications and Brann Worldwide were respectively merged with Euro RSCG, Campus, and Diversified Agencies. Arnold Communications becomes Havas' second network, Arnold Worldwide Partners . In 2000, Havas the parent company decided to rename itself Vivendi Universal Publishing and to divest itself of its remaining stake in

2491-401: Was criticised by Maurice Levy as "reckless." "Media Planning Group" was created in 1999 through the combination of Media Planning, S.A., a Spanish media planning and buying company controlled by Léopoldo Rodés Castañes and his family, with Médiapolis, the existing Havas media planning business. Havas initially acquired 45% of MPG, which was increased to 100% in May 2001. On 4 April 2000, at

2544-545: Was distinguished by the "Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards" in 2021 for photos taken by Josh Edelson and in 2022 (in the category "Video – Short Feature"). In 1983, the Albert Londres Prize was awarded to Patrick Meney , who wrote a series of articles about 600 French people forcibly detained in the Gulag after World War II. In 1984, his book Les Mains coupées de la Taïga was published. In 1988, Sammy Ketz received

2597-699: Was first listed on the Paris Bourse (now the Euronext Paris ) in 1982. The principal milestones in the Group's strategic development are the following: In 1991, Eurocom acquired the French advertising group RSCG , leading to the creation of the Euro RSCG Worldwide advertising network. RSCG had been the lead advertising agency for Peugeot . In 1996, Eurocom changed its name to Havas Advertising and created four operating divisions, Euro RSCG, Campus, Diversified Agencies, and Médiapolis. American Bob Schmetterer

2650-599: Was not the most appropriate way of proceeding. Instead, the case should have been by instruction, which allows adversarial examination ." Les Echos , 15 November 2012 The criminal court of Nanterre dismissed the last of these cases in November 2012, citing "the lack of equity and violation of the rights of the defence". Olivier Metzner and Olivier Bluche, lawyers for Alain de Pouzilhac and Jacques Hérail, criticised Vincent Bolloré for exploiting his close connection with Philippe Courroye, public prosecutor for Nanterre, to launch

2703-508: Was posted on the agency's blog. In December 2014, Bülent Kiliç was named Time magazine Photojournalist of the Year for his coverage of events in the Middle East and Europe. The photographer received the same acknowledgement from The Guardian newspaper. In 1988, the agency has its own department of infographics – AFP Graphics, which today creates about 70 graphics per day. According to

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2756-469: Was signed in 2022. During the war the syndicate has been vocal against the deliberate targeting of journalists by rival military factions. The SJS reported on 10 August that 13 newspapers had ceased operations due to the conflict, while FM radio stations and channels also halted broadcasts, with journalists grappling with unpaid wages. The SJS financially supported 187 since the start of the war but reported that more than 600 journalist lost their jobs due to

2809-405: Was the world's first news agency , created in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas . The Agence France-Presse news agency comes from it. Havas was acquired by Vivendi in 1998, and renamed Vivendi Universal Publishing . VUP in turn merged with Lagardère to become Editis in 2004. The company which today bears the name Havas is itself a former subsidiary of the company which acquired the rights to

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