Aimer la France β€οΈβπ©Ή- Why tech feels like a scam? πΈ- State of Digital News in 2022 π- NYTimes digital rocket π- Lena Situations: Successful & misunderstood π
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#1. Aimer la France β€οΈβπ©Ή
TL;DL From this podcast π Quβest ce quβaimer la France? published by Charles PΓ©pin: Une philosophie pratique on May 12th, 2022.
Le philosophe Charles PΓ©pin tente de rΓ©sumer les diffΓ©rents thΓ¨mes qui sous-tendent lβamour de la France:
La dΓ©finition de lβesprit franΓ§ais, ou simplement Γͺtre franΓ§ais, repose souvent sur le cartΓ©sianisme.
Γtre cartΓ©sien, cβest avoir le courage de fonder quelque chose dβuniversel Γ partir de quelque chose de neuf. Γtre cartΓ©sien, cβest avoir lβesprit critique et mathΓ©matique. Paradoxalement, Γͺtre shakespearien ne veut pas dire Γͺtre anglais.
LaΒ quΓͺteΒ deΒ lβuniverselΒ dΓ©finirait ainsi plusΒ fortementΒ laΒ FranceΒ queΒ lβapologieΒ deΒ l'Γ©lΓ©gance, du luxe.Β
Peut-on pour autant dire que cβest uneΒ ambitionΒ universelle quiΒ dΓ©finitΒ notreΒ pays? Ou encoreΒ lβouvertureΒ auxΒ autres?
L'ouvertureΒ auxΒ multiplesΒ identitΓ©sΒ prendΒ en effet saΒ sourceΒ dans notre histoire littΓ©raire commeΒ leΒ RomanΒ deΒ RenartΒ co-Γ©critΒ parΒ de multiplesΒ auteurs du Moyen-Age.
AimerΒ la France peut-elle aussi se rΓ©sumer Γ aimer laΒ devise de la RΓ©publique FranΓ§aise βLibertΓ©-ΓgalitΓ©-FraternitΓ©β alorsΒ queΒ cesΒ valeursΒ peuventΒ entrerΒ enΒ tensionΒ les unes avec les autres, se contredire? Lβamour de la contradiction et du dΓ©bat ne sont ils pas aussi les attributs de lβesprit franΓ§ais?
AimerΒ laΒ FranceΒ cela peut aussi Γͺtre tout simplementΒ aimer toutesΒ lesΒ gΓ©ographiesΒ deΒ laΒ France.Β L'identité estΒ aussiΒ inscriteΒ dansΒ notreΒ sol,Β la puissanceΒ deΒ notre terre, sa diversitΓ© de paysages.
AimerΒ laΒ FranceΒ cβestΒ aussiΒ aimerΒ sesΒ arts,Β saΒ littΓ©rature,Β saΒ puissanceΒ lyrique,Β unΒ amourΒ duΒ βgrandΒ styleβ. βLaΒ dΓ©mocratieβΒ deΒ Tocqueville dΓ©passeΒ largementΒ laΒ France.
Bref, aimer la France, cβest peut-Γͺtre aussi Γ©crire un peu de cette newsletter en FranΓ§ais. Je vous recommande chaudement ce podcast. Vive la France!
#2. Why tech feels like a scam πΈ?
TL;DR From this article π Why does everything in tech feel like a scam? published in Vice on June 8th, 2022. Takeaways by the great Patrick Kervern.
Jackson Palmer creator of Dogecoin explains why everything in tech looks like a scam.
1- We are living in an age of grifting, an age of fraud.
2- Hyper capitalism is on fire because during Covid, people have been shrinking their work to their self. Thinking more as individuals and not as a collective has built a form of moral nihilism.
3- Digital has also facilitated scams. Unregulated finance only makes it easier.
4- In terms of regulation heavily influenced by crypto maximalists, crypto is regulated as commodities not equities.
5- Interfaces of exchanges have also made this simpler.
6- The paradox is that central banks may be backing citizens in case of a big crypto crash.
#3. State of digital news in 2022 π?
TL;DR From this article π Overview and key findings of the 2022 Digital News report published by the Reuters Institute on June 15th, 2022.
βInterest in news has fallen sharply across markets, from 63% in 2017 to 51% in 2022.β
EspeciallyΒ forΒ youngerΒ peopleΒ underΒ 30,Β selectiveΒ andΒ intentionalΒ newsΒ avoidanceΒ hasΒ grownΒ toΒ closeΒ toΒ 50%Β inΒ someΒ countriesΒ likeΒ theΒ UKΒ orΒ Brazil.
This phenomenon is due to the fact that younger and less educated people finds news hard to follow and understand. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, some people avoid news also because they find them depressing.Β 36%Β thinkΒ thatΒ newsΒ canΒ haveΒ aΒ negativeΒ effectΒ onΒ mood.Β
βWith first-party data collection becoming more important for publishers with the imminent demise of third-party cookies, we find that most consumers are still reluctant to register their email address with news sites. Across our entire sample, only around a third (32%) say they trust news websites to use their personal data responsibly β comparable to online retailers such as Amazon β and the figure is even lower in the United States (18%) and France (19%).β
#4. NYTimes digital rocket π
TL;DR From this newsletter π Le New York Times vise 15 million dβabonnΓ©s dβici 2027 published by Le Wrap Up de la semaine by Christian Riedi on June 20th, 2022. Original source article here π NYT CEO outlines plans to reach 15 million subscribers by 2027. Takeaways by Christian Riedi.
Le journal de rΓ©fΓ©rence new-yorkais, aujourdβhui Γ 9 millions dβabonnΓ©s, se relance avec de nouvelles ambitions Γ 15 millions dβabonnΓ©s dβici 2027.
Lβenrichissement de lβoffre Γ la dΓ©multiplication des verticales connexes :
The company is experimenting with new products to help cross-promote its current standalone subscription offerings across news, cooking, games, consumer reviews and sports to push subscribers to purchase bundles.
For example, it's testing a new Games tab called βPlayβ in its News app to get more news subscribers to engage with, and later subscribe to, games.
"Multiproduct subscribers pay the most and retain best," chief product officer Alex Hardiman noted during the presentation. Bundle subscribers churn at rates approximately 40% lower than news-only subscribers, she explained.
Le grand bΓ©nΓ©fice de cette approche reposerait sur le bassin dβaudience trΓ¨s important dont dispose le Times avec 100M de visiteurs uniques par mois, la machine Γ promotion pour les services payants serait suffisamment huilΓ©e que le groupe envisage de baisser progressivement ses coΓ»ts dβacquisition et viser les 9β12% de marges opΓ©rationnelles dans les 3-5 ans.
Lβambition de la verticale Sports avec The Athletic (achetΓ© pour 550 M$ en janvier dernier) :
The Times plans to add the Athletic to its subscription bundle at no extra charge, while also allowing nonsubscribers to sample some free content before they decide to pay.
The Athletic's publisher, David Perpich, said the company estimates there are roughly 24 million people in the U.S. alone who are willing to pay for sports journalism. The Times' ambitious subscription growth goal "includes an assumption about scaling The Athletic".
Une autre voie en cours dβexploration est celle de la partie enfants pour laquelle une version dΓ©diΓ©e du New York Times serait en prΓ©paration.
If you enjoyed this section by Christian Riedi, I suggest you subscribe to La Wrap Up de la semaine here and join a 1000 regular readers (like me) π
#5. Lena Situations ππ«π·
TL;DR From this newsletter π LΓ©na Situations: le succΓ¨s dβune incomprise published by 1 histoire par semaine by Laurent Brouat on June 10th, 2022.
ElevΓ©e en banlieue parisienne Γ AsniΓ¨res et issue dβune famille dβorigine algΓ©rienne, LΓ©na Mahfouf est connue sous le nom de LΓ©na Situations. Elle est Γ lβorigine dβun vΓ©ritable carton littΓ©raire avec son livre Toujours plus, +=+ publiΓ© en 2020 (Ed. Robert Laffont). Le livre a dΓ©passΓ© les 400.000 exemplaires vendus.
Dβabord auteur dβun blog βLΓ©na Situationsβ quβelle lance dΓ¨s lβΓ’ge de 16 ans, elle devient une Youtubeuse trΓ¨s vite cΓ©lΓ¨bre en racontant son quotidien lors dβun sΓ©jour dβΓ©tude Γ New York. Les millions de vues sβaccumulent Γ chaque vidΓ©os postΓ©es dont le ton spontanΓ© et authentique en fait un profil familier de βbonne copineβ pour son audience.
βMais cette rΓ©ussite agace... et c'est FrΓ©dΓ©ric Beigbeder qui tape en premier. Dans une chronique du Figaro, il parle de 147 pages de vide et de 19,50 euros de perdus dΓ©nonΓ§ant une inculture assumΓ©e.β
Elle travaille dΓ©sormais dans le marketing pour la marque Jennifer et entretient sa passion pour la mode. A 25 ans, LΓ©na nβa probablement pas dit son dernier mot.
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