+Vote!
The Moderate Voice (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
It’s creating almost as much controversy as the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad did last year: Does The New Yorker cover - with Barack and Michele Obama dressed like terrorists - go too far? Pascal Riche of France’s Rue 89 suggests that the episode is a cautionary tale for French newspapers - and whatever the left-wing American weekly was trying to do - it has failed. Riche writes: “Irony is a tool...
+Vote!
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Rue89 , a French alternative news site founded by digruntled former Libération editors, has attracted a €1.1 million investment after selling a 24.9 percent stake to backers including Fotolog operator Hi-Media. Named for the French revolution of 17 89 , the site was formed by Pierre Haski, Pascal Riché, Arnaud Aubron, Michel Lévy-Provençal and Laurent Mauriac in May 2007 after Libération, under a...
+Vote!
Citizen Media Watch (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Excellent clip from WAN in Gothenburg, provided by Medievärlden. Pierre Haski of Rue89.com on how to take your readers seriously and get good quality comments and a good debate. More at Medievärlden (in Swedish).
+Vote!
On Citizen Journalismus & Social Me (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Rue89.com a PRO-AM site (see our links Citizen Journalism Projects FR) goes Marseille Quote Pierre Haski : "You take a city like Marseille, which has a very specific economic and cultural life and a very strong civic society, and you can replicate the idea of participation on the site" ... via / more at journalism.co.uk If it works, it might be not the last city on Rue89 Please consider the environment...
+Vote!
E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
World Editors Forum - SEVENTH SESSION With : Gianni Valenti, Deputy Editor, Gazzetta dello Sport, Italy Raju Narisetti, Managing Editor, Mint, India Ignacio Escolar, Editor-in-Chief, Publico, Spain Pierre Haski, Founder and Editor in Chief, Rue89.com, France Dominic Young, Director of...
+Vote!
E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
Over the last couple of days the future of the printed newspaper has been discussed and debated 15th World Editors Forum. Some declare it dead, others are optimistic. Pierre Haski, Founder and Editor in Chief at Rue89.com, doesn't need to...
1Vote!
E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
Rue89 , an online-only news site launched in May 2007 by a group of former journalists at Libération , has been one of the year's success stories in the French media landscape (over 650,000 unique visitors monthly, Nielsen ). Its founder, Pierre Haski , will discuss the site's path to success, as well as the new ethical standards that arise on the Web, at the upcoming World Editors Forum to be held...
+Vote!
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 17/03/2008
Rue89's Pascal Riche reports that France's Socialists - after scoring a significant win in the second round of France's municipal elections - still badly need to get their act together, while Sylvain Besson argues for Le Temps that both of France's major parties will be profoundly changed by the results of these elections.
1Vote!
E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 17/03/2008
Edwy Plenel, former newsroom head of Le Monde, launched his online news site, MediaPart, on March 16. Unlike Rue89, which was also launched by former print professional journalists, MediaPart's revenues are based on a subscription model.Other founders include former editor-in-chief...
