YouTube gate

As you may know, I am currently in Morocco for my internship in a publishing company.
While surfing on the web yesterday, I got amazed by the breakdown of Youtube servers. For the very first time since I know this site, not a single Youtube videoclip was working (neither embedded videos, nor those on YouTube website). [...]

Was I wrong?

In a recent post, I referred to the the interview (in French) of Jean-Marie Colombani in L’Express. As the editor of one of the 3 national daily newspapers in France, he advocated for the development of the online edition of Le Monde, on the Financial Times model.
Today, the journalists of Le Monde decided not to [...]

French Presidential Election: Democracy 2.0

2007 will be a crucial year in France, since for the first time, both favorite candidates are running their first presidential campaign. Ségolène Royale, 53, used to be an outsider facing her fellow elders in the Socialist Party, and Nicolas Sarkozy, 52, came out with his presidential ambitions only 3 years ago. It is a real revolution in the french political landscape, where presidents often run several polls before being elected. On top of inherent good communication skills, both of them knew how to benefit from new communication channels.

Me? OK

Information business model is experimenting a true revolution since everyone is a potential information-provider and above all acts as an information provider. This increase in range of information sources, added to the popularization of main information chanels (pictures, video, audio, text) challenges traditionnal media companies. French newspapers are one the verge of bankruptcy and the music and cinema industries are deeply suffering from P2P. Most innovative companies can take up the challenge : The Financial Times makes money thanks to its online edition, Apple and its ITunes Music Store sold more than 1 billion tracks while settling its IPod as a standard of the market.