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The Google Fund for the French Press

February 3, 2013 – 8:43 pm

Tweet  At the last minute, ending three months of  tense negotiations, Google and the French Press hammered a deal. More than yet another form of subsidy, this could mark the beginning of a genuine cooperation. Thursday night, at 11:00pm Paris time, Marc Schwartz, the mediator appointed by the French government got a call from the [...]

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The press, Google, its algorithm, their scale

November 4, 2012 – 10:15 pm

Tweet  In their fight against Google, traditional media firmly believe the search engine needs them to refine (and monetize) its algorithm. Let’s explore the facts. The European press got itself in a bitter battle against Google. In a nutshell, legacy media want money from the search engine: first, for the snippets of news it grabs [...]

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French Entrepreneurs Revolt

October 7, 2012 – 8:55 pm

Tweet  Not against their VC overlords, mind you. No, calling themselves “Pigeons” (The Fleeced) they staged a highly visible protest  (Google translation) against their government’s latest stroke of the money pump. In a nutshell, the new Socialist administration proposed to tax an entrepreneur’s capital gains as ordinary income. In very rough numbers, the tax rate [...]

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A New Gallic Idea: Taxing Google

January 10, 2010 – 5:50 pm

TweetThe French cultural elite has come up with a bunch of ideas to stimulate the legal consumption of digital goods. The basic principles are stunningly original: subsidize and tax. These creations are detailed in a report ordered by the Président de la République to the Ministry of Culture. This is the way it works here: [...]

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The Other French Paradox (2) – Jobs

December 13, 2009 – 4:11 pm

TweetTwo weeks ago, I discussed what I called The Other French Paradox, that is how French taxpayers and French companies are at a (curable) disadvantage in Silicon Valley. Last week, I “shared” (we’re in California) my own plans to deal with the twin problems: a venture fund whose profits reverse the flow of money back [...]

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Resolving The French Other Paradox

December 7, 2009 – 9:00 am

TweetLast week, we looked at the two components of the “other” French Paradox. First, the Valley aura helps a tiny Palo Alto start-up sell its technology in France. But it doesn’t work the other way around: a Lyons high-tech company will get a polite reception but no orders from the likes of HP, Google or [...]

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Young readers: already hooked on subsidies

November 15, 2009 – 6:49 pm

TweetI love my country. Among many things, I enjoy its business attitude. In the media sector, it is an unabashed mixture of entrepreneurship, bold risk-taking and fearless independence. You can’t spend a week here without someone telling you : “Hey, you know what? We’re about to send some of our journalists, paid by the Ministry [...]

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