2009 Monaco Media Forum: October 2009

This is a story in French in today's Nice Matin newspaper that covers Monaco. The article recounts the connection that Monaco is in the process of making, through an undersea cable now being laid to connect itself to even faster transmission lines, through a link to India. Expected speed of the connection - 3.84 TerraBit/s.

Monday, October 19, 2009

"With the Afghan War Heating Up, Coverage Grows" - NYTimes.com

This raises a huge number of media, technology and journalism questions all appropriate for discussion in an international forum like the Monaco Media Forum.

"Foursquare, a Social Network Site, Puts Users Face to Face" - NYTimes.com

What a great opportunity. Everyone attending the Monaco Media Forum this year can join this and send a message that they are in Monaco; come join us!

Sunday, October 18, 2009

"Media Cache - France Moves to Win Back Control of Content" - NYTimes.com

This would make for a great debate at the Monaco Media Forum.

"Where to Now for Vivendi?" - NYTimes.com

Good fodder for this year's Monaco Media Forum.

"Microsoft’s Future, Beyond Windows 7 and the PC" - NYTimes.com

Several Microsoft people will be attending this year's Monaco Media Forum.

"Off the Shelf - ‘The Curse of the Mogul’ - A Look at Media Empires" - NYTimes.com

Having heard only an interview with one of the authors, this book seems to me to be prime reading material for the Monaco Media Forum this year. Are media moguls worth what they think they are?

"Held by the Taliban - A Times Reporter’s Account. A Five-Part Series by David Rohde" - Series - NYTimes.com

I sure hope - in the midst of bits, bytes and widgets - that this kind of media subject comes up at the Monaco Media Forum - journalism, and where it sits vis a vis all of the technological wonders and wunderkind likely to be on display next month.

"After NY's Princess Grace Awards, The Icon Is Honored Locally" - Canyon News

Although this is not precisely in the media field, it is part of the larger Monaco picture of media and entertainment.

Friday, October 16, 2009

"Ted Turner wants to run CNN again"

"Peace and Sport: Berlin moment captures Image of the Year Award" - Sports Features Communications

Note the event mentioned here that follows the Monaco Media Forum at the end of November. This is another somewhat media-related initiaitve in Monaco of recent vintage.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

"Spigit Raises Capital for a Workplace Social Network" - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

"Europeans Criticize Turkey Over Threats to Media Freedoms" - NYTimes.com

The Turkish media company is to be represented at this year's Monaco Media Forum.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

"How The Huffington Post uses real-time testing to write better headlines" - Nieman Journalism Lab

Why don't they just let readers write the lede (first sentence) of the stories, too? Or allow readers to pick what subjects ought to be covered? Or which facts included or omitted?

Arianna HUFFINGTON and Eric HIPPEAU may get some questions on this at the Monaco Media Forum.