Agence France-Presse
Record phn-src-000002 · Last checked 2026-10-30 · Review due 2027-01-28
Organization and coverage
- Source role
- News agency
- Organization form
- public corporation
- Other names
- AFP
- Base locations
- Paris, France verified detail
- Coverage
- global — AFP reports 210 bureaus; figure is time-sensitive.
- Languages
- French
- English
- German
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Arabic
- Subjects
- general news · politics · business · sports · culture
- Formats
- text · photography · video · graphics · audio
- Attribution
- Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Ownership and government relationship
AFP describes a statutory governance structure with no shareholders
Government relationship recorded: mixed
Funding
AFP says client subscriptions are its main funding source and public funding compensates a general-interest mission.
Public funding status recorded: partial
Editorial governance and safeguards
AFP describes statutory independence provisions; legal details need separate jurisdictional review.
Use and interpretation notes
- Public funding is not, by itself, a finding of editorial control.