Je suis passé voir Jean-Michel l’autre jour qui m’a interviewé dans sa fameuse séquence “Connaissez-vous…”. A découvrir sur son blog. Bien entendu, je lui avais fait le coup de l’arroseur arrosé. A écouter ici.
Jean-Michel’s weblog header says : “Vivement my retirement”. But let it be no misunderstanding. This guy will never retire and, like Moliere, die in front of a keyboard, or on stage giving a conference. His bio is impressive. Jean-Michel has been a driving force behind Minitel, , often considered as the “french internet before the […]
Green Recovery, le fonds d’investissement spécialisé dans le rachat de PME en difficultés, qui a repris, sans doute pour moins de €1 million (my guess!), l’entité Photo Hafimage au groupe Lagardère il y a quelques mois regroupe ses agences sous la marque EYEDEA, prononcez “IDEA”. Le projet est animé par Stéphane Ledoux que je ne […]
As you know, Viacom launched a $1 billion legal action against YouTube. DailyMotion is a success story on the same concept. A few weeks back, rumor was that they had a paper offer for $330 million which they refused (my sources are CEOs of 2 Web 2.0 start-ups). Do you think that their value is […]
I was discussing the Viacom/YouTube $1 billion legal action with Gilles Babinet this morning. Do you remember Napster? According to Gilles, Napster’s valuation was close to $4 billion at some point. You know the story. They got sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), agreed to pay a settlement of $24 million for […]
Graeme Oxby is marketing director of 3 (Hutchinson 3G) in the UK. Their successfull “See me TV” program is unique. A contributor can upload video for 10p and download them from 50 pence. He describes the service, the user experience, shares the key figures. Graeme further expands on the competition between the internet and mobile. […]
Gilles Babinet is a master at sniffing a good idea, financing it and creating value for the company. After Musiwave, Eyeka, before Digicompagnion, MXP4 interactive Music will undoubtedly follow a successful path, knowing the deals he already is about to unfold with some of the music tycoons. I had the privilege to get a private […]
A regarder absolument, le bruiteur de gravier pour le spot de pub du nouveau site “Première.fr”. En salle en Avril 2007. Vos impressions?
I attended and spoke yesterday at the Online Pubisher Association global forum in London. Day one was very much focusing on the impact of digital on traditional pubishing businesses. The forum is called “Forum for the Future” : i assure you that projects and revenus are happening NOW. Specific emphasis was place on web publishing, […]