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Wampum (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Before the market opened in New York I watched Governor Palin in Florida. I thought the market would fall below 10,000 at open, it took 30 minutes. In Germany Hypo went under while I watched the sunrise, and I spent 90 minutes on the phone, late afternoon, CET, with my co-workers on technical subjects unrelated to the market, though we are affected by the Euro to Dollar rate, as our income is mostly...
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E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
As the media landscape changes, seven longstanding competitors in the French newspaper market have been working together in an unprecedented way to test whether e-paper is a viable device to take newspapers forward. However, now that the test is over,...
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E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Last night Le Monde.fr announced that Bruno Patino, president of Le Monde Interactif and Télérama plans to leave his post. According to Le Monde, it was a personal decision for Patino and does not change the direction of the website...
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French Politics (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Le Monde accuses Sarah Palin of trying to fire a "bookseller" while mayor of "Saint George." But she was mayor of Wasilla, and the libraire was in fact a bibliothécaire. I guess Mayor Giuliani (of Staten Island') is correct: those "elite liberal media" will stoop to anything, even mistranslation, to discredit a fine, upstanding "pit bull with lipstick." Thanks to Causeur for spotting this one.
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E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
France Telecom is testing a new electronic newspaper with the French newspaper industry called Read & Go. Seven French publications have joined France Télécom for the test, which is intended to provide a convincing facsimile of its traditional counterpart. 120...
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The Moderate Voice (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
How much impact has Barack Obama had - even before being elected? According to this tongue-in-cheek account from Robert Solé of Le Monde , Political leaders from Brazil to France have started adopting the name Obama. Solé writes in part: The popularity of Barack Obama goes beyond borders. In Brazil, several candidates standing for municipal elections have adopted his name. Thus, in the city of Petrolina,...
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The Moderate Voice (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
The Sign Says: ‘Russian Sphere of Influence’ NATO Representatives Tell Georgia: ‘They Have Withdrawn’ Why has Russia gone on a rampage in Georgia? Thornike Gordadze of the Caucuses Observatory at the French Institute of Anatolian Studies has an interesting and compelling take: “Russia is dying with desire to be what it hates most - a new America. An America which goes to war in Iraq without U.S. backing;...
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French Politics (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Le Monde will, as planned, reduce its staff sharply in order to remain afloat. Some prominent journalists will be leaving. Here is the list (published in Marianne): International : Michel Bole-Richard (correspondant en Israël), Mouna Naïm (Liban,), en , Fabienne Pompey (Afrique du Sud), Françoise Chipaux (Inde et Pakistan), Francis Deron (Asie du Sud-Est), Thomas Ferenczi, Henri de Bresson et
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Owen's musings (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
In Le Monde, David Martin has a rather intelligent piece about aid to Ethiopia: Major operators such as Difid, the British government arm, and USAid play a cat-and-mouse game with the government (GoE) because Meles is sensitive about external pressures in an environment in which domestic critics are almost silenced and expatriate websites blocked. Yet donor [...]
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E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
On the day that Le Monde officially launched their new website, Le Figaro report that for the first time they are "the most popular news website in France" with 3.17 million unique visitors a month (Médiamétrie/Netratings).The difference here is in...
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Fark.com (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Marie, now just stay calm. Stay calm. Don't look down, don't look down! Look up! Just keep your eyes up and keep them that way, o.k.! Waiter there are snails on her plate. Now get them out of here before she sees them! Look away, just look away, keep your eyes that way! You would think that in a fancy restaurant at these prices you could keep the snails off the food! There are so many snails there...
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The Moderate Voice (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Put this editorial in the category of political wisdom from the French. In abandoning or modifying some of his most cherished political positions, has Obama lost his soul or discovered his vocation? According to the editorial board of Le Monde: “Will the one who wants to be the bringer of ‘change we can believe in’ keep his promise if elected on November 4? To win this election, Mr. Obama is ready...
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Media Law Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
The popular leftist paper Le Monde is in dire financial trouble, and its latest problems may well finish it off. It's lost nearly 20 percent of its circulation in four years and is 75 million Euros in debt. The ownership...
