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Partner introduction & know-how. Le Monde Interactif a.k.a. LeMonde.fr Headquartered in Paris, France Joint venture of Le Monde Group (2/3) and Lagardère Group (1/3) Founded in 1998, current headcount: 50 Le Monde: one of the earliest adopters of electronic news distribution in many forms
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Partner introduction & know-how • Le Monde Interactif a.k.a. LeMonde.fr • Headquartered in Paris, France • Joint venture of Le Monde Group (2/3) and Lagardère Group (1/3) • Founded in 1998, current headcount: 50 • Le Monde: one of the earliest adopters of electronic news distribution in many forms • On-line newspaper at LeMonde.fr Web site • Continuously updated news (7/24) • Rapidly increasing subscriber population • Interactive & multimedia services
Partner objectives & contributions • Expected outcome from the project for LeMonde.fr: • gain early experience with novel e-news processes and distribution, • experiment novel interactive services for newspaper readers, • stay at the forefront of newspaper publishing technologies. • Contributions: • WP2: Participate in requirements assessment, based on previous experience with electronic news publishing • WP4: Participate in DigiNews architecture specification, especially with regard to: • integration with existing e-news content management systems; • realisation of extended services like user interactivity management, personalisation, context-awareness handling, billing and payment, etc. • WP5: In cooperation with the other partners, implement a demonstrator for end-to-end e-news management and distribution;evaluate the usability of this demonstrator platform
Main challenges & identified cooperation • Challenges: • Make the resource-constrained e-news terminals sufficiently attractive for the user. • Create the appropriate content distribution infrastructure for providing the user with up-to-date information at the time of connection. • Take optimal advantage of user mobility. • Potential for cooperation with BBC, Concentra, FIRST, ON-X, PDSL, SYLLEM, TU, Vossloh • Maybe other partnerships
Other important information • Funding from French PA yet to be approved • Initial decision to be announced on 27th February 2004, formal approval by May 2004