What I really appreciated in London’s ability to secure the 2012 Olympic games – winning against Paris – was how they thought, selected and packaged their vision. I recall that that vision was around youth : how the young generation today would make the athletes of 2012. It is then quite coherent to select a […]
The belgium web agency, Emakina, listed on Alternext, announced May 31st, 2007 the acquisition of 50,1 % of Groupe Reflect. Manuel Diaz CEO of Groupe Reflect tells the story behind it. The value of the company was estimated to euro 2,4 million plus an undiscosed amount tied to performance over the next 3 years. Manuel […]
Google confirmed its acquisition of Feedburner, where excitement reaches its peak. Feedburner provides (free) feed distribution and management tools so that any reader can reach directly the publisher. You can use it on this weblog, for example! The terms were not disclosed ($100 million?) but the acquisition brings Google much closer to the publishers. […]
Monte-Carlo will welcome about 2000 visitors for the 2007 Mobile Entertainment Market, the official annual event of the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) on the 5 and 6 June. It’s the place to be if you want to network at high level with the mobile industry experts and leaders. During the event, the organization will elect […]
Several strikes in french media groups show difficulties to migrate traditional media to the new digital era and move towards profitability.Simulatenously, 3 strikes have been called by the staff in 2 media groups – Largadere Active, the world’s largest magazine publisher and NextRadio TV. At Europe 1, one of the leading french news radio, 100 […]
One of my friend just emailed me this sunday night that she was held 4 hours in her plane in JFK airport in New-York. 4 terrorists threatened to blow the airport, exploding the jet’s fuel tanks and pipelines. No damage. Here is what Paola wrote : just back from New York, where we, travellers, escaped […]
Stuart told me about fotonovelas. The concept is to write comics using photos instead of drawings : Complex perspectives and dark imagery have had a long history and far-reaching impact within the Latino and Chicano communities in the U.S., as well as Mexico and Latin America, where they continue to thrive as a mainstay of […]
Real success for yesterday first French Yulbiz (a canadian initiative), put together by Fred Cazzava. I would say anything between 100 and 150 people. Fred is preparing a surprise… Francois Ziserman launched his consulting company focusing on e-commmerce and building marketplaces. He signed his first contract. Can’t disclose this. We had met several month ago […]
Aren’t you a fan of Wallace and Gromit? I am. Aardman Animations, on May 30th, announced a deal with Joost, the online video platform. This deal is a win/win situation and here is why. For Aardman, it is a great avenue for distribution as the product – short animated films – is not always targetted […]