As founders, Gilles Babinet and I are stepping up Eyeka’s international development in Europe. It is a turning point in our growth and a commitment to create value for our clients, our authors and our shareholders. Three leaders in their respective fields are joining Eyeka. Sadek Chekroun takes over as CEO. Sadek was a key […]
Alex Chan launches World of Electors – a series realized as a Machinima. It’s Alex’s version of the French Political elections. The french media focus on the candidates : Alex focuses on the electors and offers them the possibility to express their opinions in a ficticious world, creating a new world as Second Life did. […]
I’ve browsed the blogosphere and the web to read the comments about this acquisition. Here is the synthesis of what i have found so far. 1. High valuation : x10 – revenues are $300 million for a mature company 2. The 2 private equity firms, Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity, which took DoubleClick private […]
Some ideas are breakthroughs and reveal mysteries which themselves have been investigated for centuries. Jean-Pierre Houdin theory’s about the construction of the great pyramid of Khufu will undoubtedly be a new beginning for historians and lovers of egyptology. It is a simple idea : the pyramid from built from the inside not from the outside […]
One of the largest TV market worldwide starts next Monday in Cannes. MIPTV is the global content event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content across all platforms. It provides the key decision-makers in the TV, film, digital and audiovisual content, production and distribution industry with the only market conference and networking forum […]
There has been a lot of coverage on the AFP/Google content deal. However, both parties did not reveal much about the deal, which left lot’s of questions in the open. This settlement is part of the content owners effort and actions to defend their copyright. Google is under attack by a number of players. The […]
Corbis is the world challenger in the picture industry posting $251 million in revenue in 2006 with 1 100 employes. It is a private corporation, fully owned by Bill Gates as a private investment. If you read magazines, books and newspapers, look for the photographers’ credit and it’s likely that you’ll find the Corbis brand. […]
I believe that Magnum is about to announce a european partnership with Yahoo! and possibly Nikon to celebrate its 60th anniversary on April 17, 2007. It would be something like a picture a day on Yahoo!. Nikon would pay for the advertising space. More in a few days. In the US, Magnum is inviting newspapers […]
“We are all photographers now” is an initiative from The Museum of L’Elysée in Lausannne. It offers any amateur photographer the opportunity to showcase his selected pictures in the Museum’s galleries. Stuart, a friend of mine got one of his pictures selected. I think the initiative is interesting because i allows “amateurs” to enter in […]