AFP goes mobile?
Posted by Leah McBride Mensching on September 2, 2010 at 10:09 AM
L'Agence France-Presse (AFP) has announced it plans to offer readers direct access to AFP content
on digital devices rather than just a "Business to Business" model. AFP
is the third largest news agency in the world, tailing the Associated Press and Reuters, and
is undoubtedly an influential force in the print industry, providing
articles to about 5,000 newspapers in six different languages. Yet Emmanuel Hoog, CEO of AFP, admits that the company is behind the digital trends. Hoog commented to Le Monde
"It's absurd that the third largest news provider does not have an
application for the iPad, the smartphone, or the internet...How have the
AP and Reuters launched mobile apps in French and not AFP?"Along
with much of the print world, AFP has felt the ramifications of a
changing industry. Several newspapers have decided to stop using content
from AFP, which has affected the news company's primary source of
revenue. While Hoog believes the majority of newspapers will continue
their contracts with AFP, Hoog asserts his company is in the position to
offer content directly over the Internet and mobile devices.
For more on this story, visit our sister publication, editorsweblog.org.
For more on this story, visit our sister publication, editorsweblog.org.
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Fmobile%2F2010%2F09%2Fafp_goes_mobile.php&bodytext=<div><form mt:asset-id="6573" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><img alt="Thumbnail image for logo-afp.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/logo-afp-thumb-250x156-6572.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="156" width="250" /></form><a href="http://www.express.be/sectors/fr/media/44182aee17ea0f687b6b0f74b0e72a52-191/131788.htm">L'Agence France-Presse (AFP)</a><a href="http://www.express.be/sectors/fr/media/44182aee17ea0f687b6b0f74b0e72a52-191/131788.htm"> has announced it plans to offer readers direct access to AFP content</a>
on digital devices rather than just a "Business to Business" model. AFP
is the third largest news agency in the world, tailing the Associated Press and Reuters, and
is undoubtedly an influential force in the print industry, providing
articles to about 5,000 newspapers in six different languages. Yet Emmanuel Hoog, CEO of AFP, admits that the company is behind the digital trends. <a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2010/09/02/l-afp-veut-fournir-de-l-information-au-grand-public_1405872_3236.html">Hoog commented to </a><a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2010/09/02/l-afp-veut-fournir-de-l-information-au-grand-public_1405872_3236.html">Le Monde</a>
"It's absurd that the third largest news provider does not have an
application for the iPad, the smartphone, or the internet...How have the
AP and Reuters launched mobile apps in French and not AFP?"</div><div><br /></div><div>Along
with much of the print world, AFP has felt the ramifications of a
changing industry. Several newspapers have decided to stop using content
from AFP, which has affected the news company's primary source of
revenue. While Hoog believes the majority of newspapers will continue
their contracts with AFP, Hoog asserts his company is in the position to
offer content directly over the Internet and mobile devices. <br /><br /><i>For more on this story, visit our sister publication, <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2010/09/afp_plans_to_offer_content_directly_to_t.php">editorsweblog.org</a>.</i><br /></div> &title=AFP goes mobile?){kind=link}
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