French news agency AFP is considering directly serving end readers with its news content via the Internet and other means, its president said in an interview with Le Monde. In the French paper’s Friday edition, Emmanuel Hoog unveiled the plan—a turnaround from the intern
ational news agency’s conventional services catering only to contracted media organizations such as newspaper and TV companies.
Hoog said AFP has faced difficulty in negotiating contracts with media organizations due to deteriorating business conditions in the newspaper industry. Under the circumstances, he said, the agency will expand the range of its business to include the reading public by breaking away from the traditional system of selling content only to newspaper companies and other media organizations.
Hoog said AFP has faced difficulty in negotiating contracts with media organizations due to deteriorating business conditions in the newspaper industry. Under the circumstances, he said, the agency will expand the range of its business to include the reading public by breaking away from the traditional system of selling content only to newspaper companies and other media organizations.
from---kyodo news.
