The French press picks up on the sheer scale of media interest worldwide in the Toulouse and Montauban killings and the subsequent slaying of Mohamed Merah. Time magazine, for example, has chosen to put Nicolas Sarkozy on the front page of its European edition asking: Adieu? In a piece entitled "French Toast", the magazine argues the economy is still the main issue for French voters, and not security.
The internet is both a blessing and a curse for the music industry as it struggles to develop a new business model for the digital age. While illegal song downloads continue to plague the music business, the web is also opening entirely new channels for both distribution and revenue generation.
Blockbuster, once America’s favourite provider of home entertainment in the form of rented videos and DVDs, has finally declared bankruptcy after a long struggle with internet-based movie suppliers.
Web users bear witness to the violent tornadoes that hit the US state of Ohio. Allegations of "mechanical doping" in cycling fuel online discussions. The French Road Safety services are broadcasting a hard hitting video online.
In today’s international papers, we look at an Israeli spoof video of “We are the World” which has drawn widespread criticism with the Government being forced to apologise. Other topics covered include Turkey’s changing diplomacy, Nadal’s victory at the French Open, how the oil spill has affected the brown pelican, Louisiana’s state symbol and finally a porn scandal in Ireland! MONDAY, 7th JUNE 2010
Obama emboldened over nuclear disarmament, Why the U.S. should show more contrition over the leaked 2007 video that shows an Apache helicopter taking out civilians in Baghdad, and the bookmakers odds on the UK General election. Joining François Picard for The World This Week, Alison Smale of the International Herald Tribune, freelance journalist and photo editor Ginny Power, Dave Clark of the French news agency AFP, and Régis Le Sommier of French newsmagazine Paris Match.
Obama emboldened over nuclear disarmament, Why the U.S. should show more contrition over the leaked 2007 video that shows an Apache helicopter taking out civilians in Baghdad, and the bookmakers odds on the UK General election. Joining François Picard for The World This Week, Alison Smale of the International Herald Tribune, freelance journalist and photo editor Ginny Power, Dave Clark of the French news agency AFP, and Régis Le Sommier of French newsmagazine Paris Match.
YouTube and Warner Music Group have announced a deal which will result in the labels music videos once again being played on the popular online video sharing service after a nine months break.
A duo of French entrepreneurs have created a start-up, Traackr, which evaluates the influence of Web users who post blogs, videos, tweets, etc on a particular topic. Their aim is to then sell this knowledge to companies as a marketing tool.
After a summer of acrimonious debate, French parliamentarians are set to vote on an amended version of a controversial anti-piracy bill that cracks down on the illegal downloading of copyrighted material.
