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Iris FM is a regional radio station founded on December 1, 1985. Operating as an independent broadcaster, Iris FM provides news, music, and opinion programming across the southern Benavente municipality with an emphasis on editorial independence from political parties and local government. The station has expanded its operations to include a news website and podcast distribution of its programs. According to its editorial team, the station was established to serve the information needs of the southern Benavente region, …
China, United Kingdom, United States
On June 12, 2024, Xinhua News Agency President Fu Hua (傅華) met with Associated Press President and CEO Daisy Veerasingham and Reuters President Paul Bascobert in New York. Fu and Veerasingham signed a new cooperation agreement on news and information services, and both sides discussed artificial intelligence's impact on media and Olympic coverage. Fu expressed hope for strengthening cooperation with Reuters on emerging technologies and international news services, noting the partnership between the two agencies dating back to 1957. While Xinhua
China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand
On October 14, 2024, Xinhua News Agency and the Xinjiang regional government co-hosted the 6th World Media Summit in Urumqi, China, with over 500 participants from 106 countries and regions attending, according to Xinhua. The summit focused on "Artificial Intelligence and Media Transformation." Organizers arranged a tour of Xinjiang for attendees, which Xinhua documented in vlogs featuring media representatives from Thailand, Pakistan, and Myanmar describing their positive impressions of the region. China faces…
China, France, United Kingdom, United States
On October 12, 2024, representatives from Xinhua News Agency, Reuters, the Associated Press, and Agence France-Presse convened in Beijing for a high-level meeting among the four agencies. This was the second dialogue event hosted by Xinhua since the December 2023 inaugural meeting. Unlike the first meeting, which included top executives, the October gathering featured senior officials rather than agency leaders. According to
Thailand
InfoQuest is a media intelligence company and news agency, established in 1990 by founder and chairman Jalthong Patamapongs, a former executive at Thomson Reuters Thailand who previously led Thailand's Agricultural Futures Exchange. The company offers media monitoring solutions across social, online, and traditional media platforms from thousands of domestic and international sources, alongside press release distribution services to local and global media outlets. InfoQuest operates a real-time …
Singapore
Dataxet is a regional media intelligence holding founded in 2020 by a group of entrepreneurs and headquartered in Singapore. The company provides AI-powered integrated platforms and insight solutions for marketing and public relations professionals across Southeast Asia. The company operates under the brand Dataxet with its DXT360 platform offering social listening — software that tracks and analyzes online conversations about brands, industries, and competitors — alongside media monitoring and analytics services. Dataxet has
China, Singapore
China's National Data Administration (国家数据局), the Chongqing Municipal Government (重庆市人民政府) and Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (资讯通信媒体发展局) signed a memorandum of understanding on December 15, 2025, to jointly build a digital Land and Sea Corridor (数字陆海新通道), deepening cooperation under the China-Singapore Strategic Connectivity Initiative. The agreement establishes collaboration in three key areas: digital connectivity and cross-border data flows within agreed regulatory frameworks; joint research and application of artificial intelligence, blockchain and big data technologies; and digital talent exchange through workshops, skills certification and training programs. The M…
China, France
On January 18, 2024, the Paris-based global news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) and China’s official Xinhua News Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Beijing. According to Xinhua, the two agencies agreed to jointly hold photo exhibitions in Beijing and Paris in 2024 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic relations. They also discussed coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Xinhua characterized AFP as "one of the first Western news agencies to establish a fr…
China, France
On July 25, 2018, Les Échos published an article by Chinese Ambassador to France Zhai Jun (翟隽) titled "China's Position on Avoiding a Global Trade War," following the 20th China-EU Leaders' Meeting held on July 16, 2018 in Beijing. In the article, Zhai accused the United States of "implementing protectionism under the banner of its own priorities" and characterized US actions as "wielding the tariff bludgeon," claiming these measures "forced China to retaliate." The ambassador's commentary addressed the trade disputes triggered when President Trump
China, France
On September 12, 2017, Xinhua News Agency President Cai Mingzhao (蔡名照) met with Agence France-Presse (AFP) President Emmanuel Hoog in Beijing to discuss cooperation in new media development, photography, short videos, financial information, and technology services. The meeting marked the 60th anniversary of news exchange agreements between the two agencies, which began in 1957. Cai expressed hopes to "increase communications and cooperation." At the same time, AFP’s president said that the agencies had "maintained long-term cooperative relations" and hoped to "share more experiences in the f…
China, France
On October 30, 2025, Chinese Ambassador to France Deng Li (邓励) published an article in France's Le Monde Diplomatique titled "What kind of world does China hope to build?" promoting Beijing's vision for reforming global governance and Xi Jinping's four major initiatives — the Global Development Initiative (GDI), Global Security Initiative (GSI), Global Civilization Initiative (GCI), and Global Governance Initi…
France
Les Échos was founded in 1908 by brothers Émile and Robert Servan-Schreiber, initially named Les Échos de l'Exportation to promote their family's hardware export business. The newspaper covers French and international economic and financial news, stock market analysis, and trends in high-tech development, with sections including "Ideas" and "Debates" that provide platforms for commentary and discussion. It began as a monthly publication, was renamed Les Échos in 1928, becoming a daily newspape…
France
Groupe Le Monde, or Le Monde Group, is a French mass media company that publishes the daily newspaper Le Monde and was founded in 2000. Headquartered in Paris, the group comprises six media outlets, including the internationally recognized Le Monde, which also publishes the monthly Le Monde Diplomatique, as well as Courrier International, Télérama, La Vie, and HuffPost. …
France
LVMH is the world's largest multinational luxury goods conglomerate, ranking on Fortune magazine's Global 500 list of companies, with headquarters in Paris, France. Founded in 1987 through the merger of Louis Vuitton and the beverages group Moët Hennessy, the group operates 60 independently managed subsidiary brands spanning champagne, fashion, jewelry, cosmetics, and other luxury sectors. Beyond its core luxury goods business, LVMH also owns two newspapers, including Les Échos…
Singapore
The Government of Singapore operates under a Westminster parliamentary system defined by the Constitution to consist of the President and the Executive. Executive authority is vested in the President but exercised on advice of the Cabinet led by the Prime Minister. The President acts as Head of State with certain discretionary powers including appointing the Prime Minister and withholding parliamentary dissolution, while the Cabinet heads the Executive through 16 ministries and statutory boards. Since achieving full internal self-government in 1…
France
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a global news agency providing fast, comprehensive and verified coverage of world events and daily life issues. Drawing from a newsgathering network across 150 countries, AFP has developed a strong digital verification operation. With 2,600 staff representing 100 nationalities, the agency covers news in six languages through multimedia storytelling spanning video, text, photos and graphics. As one of three major international news agencies (after Reuters and the Associated Press) and the only European one, AFP serves media outlets, digital platforms, companies and institutions worldwide and has won num…
Singapore
Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Digital Development and Information that develops and regulates the city-state's infocomm and media sectors. Formed in 2016 through the merger of the Infocomm Development Authority and Media Development Authority, IMDA oversees telecommunications, broadcasting, digital media, data protection and content classification. The authority administers the Personal Data Protection Commission and enforces the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulatio…
France
Le Monde Diplomatique is a monthly newspaper founded in 1954 by Hubert Beuve-Méry. The publication offers analysis and opinion on international politics, culture, and current affairs. According to its website, as of 2025, Le Monde Diplomatique operates a network of 35 partner publications that publish all or part of its content each month in 27 languages worldwide, including a Chinese edition produced in partnership with the Paris Institute of Intercultural Management and Communication (ISIT).…
France
On September 3, 2025, Nouvelles d'Europe (歐洲時報), a Chinese-language newspaper founded in Paris in 1983 and now operated under the official China News Service and the United Front Work Department of the CCP, published a written interview with the Chinese ambassador to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. In the interview with the newspaper, whose majority shares are held by by the Hong Kong registered Asia Culture Enterprise Limited, or “Ya Zhou Wen Hua Enterprises,” an entity founded in 1997 by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO), the…
France
Marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France on January 27, 2024, China Media Group (CMG) announced the launch of a special program co-produced with France's BFM Business called "Brilliant Sixty Years: High-Level Dialogue on the 60th Anniversary of China-France Diplomatic Relations" (璀璨甲子 中法建交60周年高端對話). The program featured an interview with former French Prime Minister Jean-Pier…
