The number of AFP's clients has grown 27 percent from 2,730 in 2005 to 3,500 in 2010. New international subscriptions (401) and clients in France (44) account for much of the increase.

Jean-Pierre Vignolle will leave AFP on January 15, 2011 after eleven years with the Agency. He was appointed Commercial Marketing and Development Director in September 1999 and has served as Managing Director since early 2006.

A law graduate with degrees in English and Spanish, Vormus, 52, began her career as a journalist, writing for the daily l'Aurore, VSD magazine and the Quotidien de Paris before joining Agence Centrale de Presse, where she became head of the political service.

Agence France-Presse is bringing the World Cup to the Newseum, the journalism museum in Washington, with giant screen projections of the best photos of the tournament.

Agence France Presse is deploying a 100-strong team of text, multimedia and video reporters, photographers and graphics artists and editors for the month-long World Cup finals in South Africa which kicks off on Friday.

Agence France-Presse's Somalia correspondent Mustafa Haji Abdinur has been awarded the CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Award in the Free Press category.

Photographers from Agence France-Presse were Saturday awarded the top news and feature prizes at the prestigious Asian Human Rights Awards for outstanding coverage of riots in China's Xinjiang region and acid attack victims in Pakistan.

The board of the international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Thursday appointed Emmanuel Hoog, an experienced administrator of media and cultural bodies, as its new chairman and chief executive.

Five of the largest global news agencies have agreed to endorse and support the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) G2 family of news exchange standards.

Latest Enhancements Illustrate Commitment to Bold “Global-Mobile-Social-Measurable” Strategy That Has Redefined the Commercial News Industry