Could the impending advertising recession actually spread to online? Though many in web ads and publishing confidently predict a continuing “big flood of money coming out of traditional media” (that’s…

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French ad holding company Publicis Groupe has bought South Korea’s Portfolio, which describes itself as a full-service digital agency. In keeping with last year’s formation of its network of international…

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Bestofmedia Group, the French tech publisher that acquired tech sites Tom’s Hardware and related sites last year, has taken its first outside funding in its 8-year history: It has raised…

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CareerBuilder, the job site now owned collectively by Gannett (NYSE: GCI), Tribune Company, McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), has made an international acquisition: it has bought out Lesjeudis.com,…

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made good on his promise to shake up the country’s media industry. Starting on January 1 next year prime-time advertising on public television will be…

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A changing of the guard at Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. ... Alain Lemarchand becomes CEO effective Sept. 1, running the magazine and digital businesses in the Americas, including auto ad…

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Skyrock.com, one of the bigger online social networks and based out of France, is talking with several suitors about a sale, as it nears divestment from its partner radio station’s…

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Entertainment and telecom conglomerate Vivendi (EPA: VIV) said its Q1 EBITA dropped 5.6 percent to $1.86 billion (€1.203 billion) from $1.91 billion last year. Although not exactly an indication of…

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Not that this is a surprise: Atari’s biggest shareholder Infogrames, the French video games company, has bought the struggling company after its non-binding offer earlier in March. The cost for…

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Orange in France is testing a concept mobile digital newspaper and ebook reader. Like an Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle minus the keyboard, Read&Go uses touchscreen to navigate a custom UI…

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The European Commission has cleared the $18.9 billion merger of Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) and Vivendi’s (EPA: VIV) games unit on several anti-trust grounds. The EC began a routine investigation in…

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DigitalSpy, one of my favorite UK TV and entertainment news sites, has been bought by Hachette Filipacchi U.K., part of the French media giant Lagardere. The financial details were not…

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Europe’s internet search project—Quaero—has gotten a lot of flak for taking government money to create an alternative to Google (NSDQ: GOOG). The noise level has only increased after the EU…

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Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) and the Associated Press are ending a longstanding distribution and resource-sharing agreement. Instead, Dow Jones Newswires will distribute stories from Agence France-Presse. DJ has been sharing…

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The Atari saga continues, as its biggest shareholder Infogrames, the French video games company, has offered to buy the rest of the company for $1.68 a share. This is a…

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French media group Lagardere is buying a 53.38 percent stake in the French online publisher for women’s content Doctissimo from its founders, for a total of about $109 million. The…

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From our sister site paidContent:UK: French radio station Skyrock is looking to sell off its highly successful online operation, according to French magazine Challenge. The pop music station was founded…

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Vivendi (EPA: VIV) SA and Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) announced plans for a merger valued at $18.9 billion that would bring together Guitar Hero, Spider-Man X-Men, and World of Warcraft, among…

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Newswire Agence France Press (AFP) has bought a minority stake in Scooplive, a French citizen journalism portal that gives contributors commission on contributions sold to news media. The size of…

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Even icons need marketing. Greg Joswiak, the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) marketing whiz working with the iPod and the iPhone, talked with Fortune’s Jon Fortt recently about the upcoming developer’s kit…

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French audience survey company Médiamétrie is entering the race to capture data tracking consumers’ complete media usage habits. In early 2008, the company will begin expanding its ratings coverage with…

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From our sister site paidContent:UK: If US digital liberties campaigners think they’ve got it bad with an RIAA so active in lobbying digital copyright policy, wait until they hear about…

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Vivendi (EPA: VIV) will this week test a “content and services platform” website that, whilst secretive, could be a direct-to-consumer online TV outlet. “Zaoza”, “a major project”, will be “a…

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Consumer electronics firm Audiovox is buying French electronics maker Thomson’s non-European audio video business for $19.7 million. The sale includes the once-storied RCA brand, and includes DVD and MP3 players,…

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The delayed announcement of Orange selling the iPhone in France has finally come through—much the same details as in Germany (399 euros (US$565)) and rumors of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) getting…

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