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If you're not French, or francophone, there is little chance that you have heard about the French news site : Le Post. The site has been launched a little bit more than 18 months ago, by le Monde interactif, publisher of lemonde.fr, the website of one of the most famous newspapers in France, le Monde, and the largest general news site in France.



According to Nielsen, Le Post had, already, an audience of 2… Continue

Our team is trying to figure out the organization of the newsroom of a local media company. A priori, this company produces both print and digital products and services. The decision on whether the products and services are print, digital or a combination will depend on the local market and the profitability models (we will be working on this as well and will share it too).



I started this conversation at the New Business Models for News… Continue

Last week, I was working on a new set of projects with a friend of mine, François Dufour, the publisher of the very successful daily newspapers for kids in France: Le Petit Quotidien, Mon Quotidien and L'Actu. Francois has also been one of the French professionals that has led the… Continue

The American newspaper group, Tribune Co, owned by real estate billionaire Sam Zell, has been redesigning many of its local newspapers. In a Portfolio (Condé Nast) article, Norbert Ortiz, the Orlando Sentinel’s vice president for circulation and consumer marketing, says: "We can’t find any impact from the redesign”.

While I think that is necessary to rethink newspapers -- editorial strategy AND visual strategy -- on a regular basis, I have been saying that redesigns are now a days, and at… Continue