Agence Havas (English)

Japanese: Agence Havas（英語表記）AgenceHavas

…Agence France-Presse is an abbreviation for Agence France-Presse, which was established in Paris as a semi-official organization based on a government decree on September 30, 1944. It inherits the facilities and traditions of Agence Havas (founded in 1835), the world's oldest modern news agency, which was dissolved and taken over by the government following France's surrender in 1940 during World War II. It was reorganized as a private organization in 1957, but continues to receive subsidies from the government. …

From the News Agency

...The Associated Press in the United States has consistently maintained its operation as a cooperative of newspaper companies, and many news agencies in Japan, including Kyodo News, follow this model.
[History and current situation]
Agence Havas (France, founded in 1835), Wolffs Telegraphen-Bureau (Germany, founded in 1849), and Reuters (England, founded in 1851), which are said to be the forefathers of modern news agencies, initially started out by distributing economic information to customers, and developed in advanced Europe with the development of modern communication technologies such as the telegraph and undersea cables, becoming known as the world's three major news agencies in the second half of the 19th century. These three news agencies concluded their first international agreement in 1856 and began exchanging news.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Agence Havas" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…Agence France‐Presseの略称で，1944年9月30日の政令に基づく半官組織としてパリに設立された。第2次世界大戦中，1940年フランスの降伏に伴って解散し，政府に接収された世界最古の近代的通信社アバスAgence Havas(1835創立)の施設と伝統を受け継ぐ。57年民間の機関に改組されたが，政府から補助金を受けている。…

【通信社】より

…アメリカのAP通信社は一貫して新聞社の協同組織として経営を維持しており，日本の共同通信社その他これに範をとる通信社も多い。
［歴史と現状］
　近代的通信社の始祖ともいわれるアバスAgence Havas(フランス，1835創設)，ウォルフWolffs Telegraphen‐Bureau(ドイツ，1849創設)，ロイター(イギリス，1851創設)の各通信社は，当初は顧客へ経済情報を流すことから始まり，電信，海底ケーブルなどの近代的通信技術の開発にともなって，先進ヨーロッパで発展し，19世紀後半における世界の三大通信社といわれた。これら三つの通信社は1856年に第1回の国際協定を結んで，ニュースの交換を行うようになった。…

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