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Entrepreneur Interview Series: Pierre Chappaz on building Ebuzzing
Throughout the month of August, the Rude Baguette will be running a series of interviews with some of France’s top and rising entrepreneurs, where they’ll share their reflexions on their year thus far, their plans through the end of the year and how they manage their businesses through the August down period. In this first […]
Dailymotion-Vevo syndication deal expands beyond US to Europe
Coming hot on the heels of Orange’s announcement that they’ve decided to put an additional €30 million in Dailymotion comes the news that the YouTube rival is picking up the pace of its efforts to expand its footprint outside of France. According to an article featured in The Next Web, Dailymotion’s syndication partnership with VEVO, […]
After selling the bulk of its stake in Activision, is SFR the next to go for Vivendi?
After selling 85% of their stake in Activision last week, Les Echos reported that Vivendi is studying the possibility of selling SFR, its largest telecoms operation. Given their debt challenges and shaky performance of late, they’re particularly looking at how to divest the French telco without disrupting their stock price or negatively affecting their (already […]
35 hour work week fading as the average full-time work week in France nears 40 hours
After years of debates over the 35-hr work week which became law in 1998, it turns out that the infamous law is fading into obscurity. A survey which was conducted and recently published by the employment ministry’s research group Dares and covered by La Tribune proves that the “normal” French work week (i.e. outside of vacations, […]
After government trips to South Korea, Samsung to open new development center in France
It seems that Minister Pellerin’s two big trips to South Korea and efforts to improve trade relations between France and Seoul are starting to bear fruit. Samsung has announced that they’ll be opening a new digital content development center in France. The idea of locating the development center in France was reportedly first discussed between […]
Vivendi off-loading 85% of its stake in Activision
Vivendi announced today that it would be selling 85% of its stake in Activision at a 10% discount back to the videogame giant and its management. It’s thought that the move is to help Vivendi generate the cash it needs to pay down its debts, refocus its business on other core entertainment activities, and stay […]
Deezer teams up with FNAC to suggest concert tickets to users
Looking to offer their users a more comprehensive music experience, Deezer has announced an exclusive deal with FNAC’s France Billet ticket business to facilitate purchases of concert tickets directly on their platform. Having offered users the ability to listen to and purchase digital downloads of streamed music, going one step further and connecting streaming to […]
It turns out, French Startups hire! Join us Sept. 14th for the first Paris Startup Job Fair!
The reality is: we don’t spend enough time talking about the fact that French startups are hiring at a time where most technology companies are laying people off or on a hiring freeze. Whether you’re a French engineer or a US sales guy who dreams of working for startups, we want it to be easy […]
After failed Yahoo acquisition, Orange will invest another €30 million in Dailymotion
After the Yahoo debacle and insistence from Orange’s CEO Stéphane Richard that Dailymotion needed an “international partner” to pick-up the pace of its international growth, it looks like Dailymotion will remain a part of the Orange family for the forseeable future. Richard announced yesterday in an interview with Les Echos that Orange would be investing €30 […]
Medialibs Convention to dig for tech’s next big ‘digital treasures’ on September 20th
Each September, lat least 250 tech and digital media professionals descend on the Ile-de-Nantes to discuss the latest innovations in web and digital at the Convention Medialibs. The Convention is hosted each year by Medialibs, a Nantes-based website development and CMS software (e-majine & izi-media) firm focusing on communications professionals and website designers. For this […]