JCDecaux bosses talk Vélib, bus shelters, bundling, and the digital revolution
The two leading executives of JCDecaux, the global out-of-home (OOH) advertising company, held an on-the-record briefing at their Paris Headquarters for the Anglo-American Press…
Professor Greenwald talks to AAPA members about big economic issues
On October 15, the AAPA met Columbia University Professor Bruce Greenwald, a leading authority on global economics and "value investing" -- the art, or science, of picking stocks, as Warren Buffett amazingly seems to…
Farewell to Sara Llana
Members of the AAPA gathered recently for a picnic in Paris’ Buttes Chaumont Park to say farewell to Sara Llana who’s been a member for several years. Sara served as secretary general and established the club’s monthly Friday…
AAPA meets Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire
On Monday, June 25 the AAPA met with the French minister of economics and finance, Bruno Le Maire. Le Maire received the organization in his offices at the Ministry of Finance. The Minister gave a broad…
Huge success for the 2018 AAPA Gala
Hats off to Canada! They hosted a fabulous party for our press association on June 20 at Canadian Ambassador Isabelle Hudon's gorgeous residence and garden.
Pascal Lamy remains optismistic about the future of trade
Pascal Lamy, who was director-general of the World Trade Organization for two terms from 2005 to
2013, talked to 25 members of the AAPA at a breakfast meeting at Chez Françoise in late May. The meeting came just…
French Bill Gates Says Giving is the Way of the Future
Twenty years ago as an enthusiastic entrepreneur, Alexandre Mars, confidently predicted the success of the Internet and the mobile telephone. Today, as a middle-aged philanthropist (having profited himself from his predictions), he is forecasting that corporate giving is the next big thing. Mars spoke to the AAPA on Friday May 18 at a breakfast gathering at Strategies & Corp in Paris. He now…
Le Monde boss Jérôme Fenoglio tells AAPA how his paper has managed to thrive in the current grim media landscape
Plans for an English edition of Le Monde, combating fake news, and how the leading French dail
y is - finally - doing rather nicely in a changed and ever-changing media landscape: these and many…
‘Sociologist of emotions’ Eva Illouz on #MeToo and French versus ‘Anglo-Saxon’ sexual mores
The US-educated Franco-Israeli sociologist Eva Illouz spoke to the Anglo-American Press Association for two hours on February 21st at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, where she teaches. Illouz is a leading expert in the study of feminism and male-female relationships. She explained how the #MeToo movement sparked by accusations against film producer Harvey Weinstein is…
2018
Dear Members,
A short note to wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year (and belatedly posting this message on our website a tad later than it was sent out by email).
As you will all likely know by now, members elected…