Appointments at AFP - Didier Lauras takes over as head of sport

Former chief editor for France Didier Lauras has been appointed head of the AFP sports department, replacing Vincent Amalvy who has joined the sales and marketing department with responsibility for the Agency’s global sports strategy, major event organisation (the Olympic Games, the World Cup, the Euro Football Championship) and partnership development.

Former chief editor for France Didier Lauras has been appointed head of the AFP sports department, replacing Vincent Amalvy who has joined the sales and marketing department with responsibility for the Agency’s global sports strategy, major event organisation (the Olympic Games, the World Cup, the Euro Football Championship) and partnership development.
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Agence Française Indépendante (AFI) founded in London by Paul-Louis Bret

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Création à Londres de l’Agence Française Indépendante (AFI) par Paul-Louis Bret

Paul-Louis Bret considers that AFI can represent what remains of free French public opinion, with the capacity to criticise the Vichy regime. The AFI reaches an agreement with the British Ministry of Information and Reuters to broadcast a daily French language service of around 10,000 words across free Europe.

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The birth of AFP

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Naissance de l’AFP

Liberated France’s first dispatch is
issued on August 20, 1944.
OFI is renamed Agence France-Presse.

Telex

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Télex
Invented in Germany in the 1930s, the telex arrives in France in 1946. It is used to send information and teletype messages.

Stalin’s death: the first scoop

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Mort de Staline, premier scoop

The death of Joseph Stalin, on March 5, 1953, brings AFP a global scoop that will leave its mark on the fledgling Agency’s history. At the time, foreign journalists in Moscow are unable to instantly transmit news in real time because of the regime’s censorship. AFP, however, was constantly
monitoring Radio Moscow’s domestic broadcasts from Paris.

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