"Huffington defends online model" - FT.com

"Rupert Murdoch: The Internet Does Not Exist"

"Google to Buy AdMob for $750 Million" - NYTimes.com

"Un système américain de dénonciation de salariés via internet bloqué par la justice"

"Wal-Mart's Web War Risks Little" - WSJ.com

"Condé Nast Aims to Start More Magazines in China" - WSJ.com

"Monaco palace: prince suing alleged spymaster" - AP

"Attention, le Net a de la mémoire" – Metro

"Martin Sorrell: Newspaper/Magazine Contraction Must Continue" - Advertising Age - Video

"News Corp. to Expand in Italian TV" - WSJ.com

"New book published in Monaco reveals real Prince" - The Riviera Times Online

"News aggregator defends itself against news publishers" - Editors Weblog

"Google CEO Eric Schmidt envisions the news consumer of the future" - Nieman Journalism Lab

"News Corp says MySpace $900m Google deal at risk" - FT.com

"Phone Smart - What Your Phone Might Do for You Two Years From Now" - NYTimes.com

"The Platform: Harry Evans, Ace Newsman"

EVANS' wife, Tina BROWN, was part of the Monaco Media Forum last year. There is a lot in this column by Peter OSNOS that is worth considering in conjunction with this year's event. No doubt there is far more in the EVANS book itself.

"Glam Who? Glam Media Faces French Competition From Glam One" - paidContent

"Avignon : Un Avignonnais veut que Facebook ferme 24 heures"

"Albert II tombe le masque"

"GlobalPost generating revenue of $1 million in first year" - Nieman Journalism Lab

One of the people funding this is going to be attending this year's Monaco Media Forum.

Only time will tell if rosy expectations become a successful business. I would not invest based on what I've seen so far......but maybe we'll learn more next week!

"Winners of the Anna Lindh Journalist Award announced" - Anna Lindh Foundation

These awards will be presented in Monaco in a few days - 5 November.