From: TheStandardEurope.com
[mailto:[log in to unmask]
com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:07 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: INTELLIGENCER EUROPE: Tiscali still hungry despite bill
| http://europe.thestandard.com |
=====================================================================
THE INDUSTRY STANDARD EUROPE'S
I N T E L L I G E N C E R E U R O P E
This Week in the European Internet Economy
=====================================================================
Sign up for more FREE newsletters
| http://europe.thestandard.com/newsletters |
Wednesday, 28 March, 2001
TOP STORIES THIS WEEK:
* Tiscali still hungry despite bill
* The Nasdaq to take controlling share of Easdaq
* Emap slashes online spend by 50 per cent
* Looking for a bit of fun at the fair
OPINION:
* Jamie Mitchell: Europe has a poor attitude
WORTH REPEATING:
* Bill McDermott on learning from mistakes
THE WEEK:
* Seven days in the Internet Economy
BY THE NUMBERS:
* British managers can be stars - they just don't know it
/=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= advertisement =-=-=\
Make your business up to 40 times faster with BTopenworld Broadband.
High-speed internet means massive files download in seconds, emails
arrive in real-time & web pages appear almost instantly. The 'always-on'
connection means there's no waiting around for dial-up access. For more
information & to register click the link below.
http://tm0.com/sbct.cgi?s=110982215&i=320435&d=1263474
\=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=/
TOP STORIES
~~~~~~~~~~~
Tiscali still hungry despite bill
By Bernhard Warner
The service provider's rapid expansion has led to a huge rise in
losses. But more acquisitions are planned as it targets the UK and
Germany
http://tm0.com/sbct.cgi?s=110982215&i=320435&d=1263475
The Nasdaq to take controlling share of Easdaq
By Rick Wray
US exchange swoops on Europe's technology newcomer - paving the way
for 24-hour stock trading network
http://tm0.com/sbct.cgi?s=110982215&i=320435&d=1263476
Emap slashes online spend by 50 per cent
By Michael Learmonth
Publisher beats further retreat from dwindling Internet markets
http://tm0.com/sbct.cgi?s=110982215&i=320435&d=1263477
Looking for a bit of fun at the fair
By Boris Gröndahl
Only Microsoft had a good day out at CeBIT
http://tm0.com/sbct.cgi?s=110982215&i=320435&d=1263478
OPINION
~~~~~~~
Jamie Mitchell: Poverty starts young
Europe must learn to support infant ventures, not just take advantage
if they succeed
http://tm0.com/sbct.cgi?s=110982215&i=320435&d=1263479
/=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= advertisement =-=-=\
"Make your Internet initiative a dot.com, not a not.com. To ensure your
business does not join the growing list of startup failures, HP and
Morse have joined forces to help you invent, finance, build, run and
market your Internet business. To partner for success, just visit
http://tm0.com/sbct.cgi?s=110982215&i=320435&d=1263480."
\=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=/
WORTH REPEATING
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"European businesses have a chance to learn from the mistakes made by
their counterparts in the US"
President of market research firm Gartner, Bill McDermott, in the
keynote speech at the Gartner Europe Spring Symposium/ITxpo 2001.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
THE WEEK
~~~~~~~~
NUA AGE ENDS: Nua, the Irish Internet consultancy that became world
famous for its "How many online?" estimates, has gone into
receivership. Nua had been struggling with reported debts of £800,000
(1.3 million euros) and had failed to attract new funding from either
Eircom, which owns 20 per cent of the company, or outside investors.
LES SCOOTEURS: Scoot.com and Vivendi Universal last week officially
launched their joint venture, Scoot.fr. The companies said the
directory service, which will be available online, over the telephone
and via French mobile phone firm SFR's network, will break even in the
first half of 2003. Scoot.fr is owned by Scoot Europe, a 50-50 joint
venture between Scoot.com and Vivendi Universal - which in turn owns
22 per cent of parent company Scoot.com. Scoot.fr will go head to head
with Pages Jaunes, the directory service offered by France Telecom's
Internet subsidiary Wanadoo. In a related development, French scouts
are considering a lawsuit against the new company after the Scoot.fr
adverts borrowed the scouting motto "Be Prepared".
ALOHA AOL: Despite the new economy's doldrums, AOL is signing up
subscribers in Europe at a rapid pace. It won 1.4 million new
subscribers last year, taking its membership to 4.6 million - an
increase of 40 per cent over the previous year. According to Michael
Lynton, president of AOL International, the company aims to become the
top ISP in each of the major European markets.
WHIZZ-BANG: Television group Granada said it would close its
G-wizz.net Web portal and ISP business after disappointing results and
heavy costs. The broadcaster now plans to concentrate on maintaining
individual sites for its premier TV shows, including Coronation
Street.
CLICK OFF: Advertising network DoubleClick laid off staff across its
14 offices in Europe in a bid to become profitable. The company blamed
a drop in online media spending across Europe for the cost-cutting
exercise, which will see 200 jobs go worldwide. Figures for its fourth
quarter to December 2000 showed a pre-tax loss of just under $150
million (167 million euros), compared to a deficit of $41 million (46
million euros) over the same period in 1999.
LASTDITCH.COM: Brent Hoberman, Martha Lane Fox and Allan Leighton -
the three top executives at troubled Net retailer Lastminute.com -
moved to bolster the company's terrible share price by collectively
buying roughly £60,000 (96,000 euros) worth of stock just after the
price had fallen to a record low. Share dealers acknowledged that the
trio's act was a show of faith in their own company, but the stock
stubbornly refused to rise. It even dipped slightly.
JUST SAY NEIN: German authorities said they didn't plan any legal
action against Internet portal Yahoo over online auctions of copies of
Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf, which is banned in Germany. Meanwhile
the UEJF, the Jewish student union that sued Yahoo, is now after
Napster for being "an exchange platform for Nazi and neo-Nazi hymns".
STONE COLD: Norwegian online recruitment site StepStone has laid off
40 per cent of its staff in France. Out of 130 total employees in
France, StepStone has let 45 people go and offered six others
positions in different cities. The recruitment site, founded in 1996,
operates in 18 countries and hopes to become profitable by the
beginning of next year.
THE DEEPEST CUT: The Razorfish Web agency parted company with three of
its longest-serving executives. Mike Beeston, strategic development
director of Europe, Mark Curtis, head of global skills and practice,
and Neil Crofts, head of strategy, all resigned a fortnight after
Razorfish executed a company-wide round of 400 layoffs, representing
more than 20 per cent of staff across the globe.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
BY THE NUMBERS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The senior British businessperson is a modest soul, at least where
e-business initiatives are concerned. In a recent study, only 13 per
cent of respondents felt they were "leading the industry" - even
though the same study classified 21 per cent of those surveyed as
"e-pioneers", who had already implemented advanced Web functions.
http://tm0.com/sbct.cgi?s=110982215&i=320435&d=1263481
/=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= advertisement =-=-=\
Webcom 2001 in association with the eBusiness Conference, April 24-26,
ExCeL, London Webcom 2001 is the UK's leading eBusiness exhibition and
conference. This year Webcom 2001 includes: 120+ of the UK's leading
suppliers; over 70 FREE seminar sessions; FREE eBusiness Advice centre;
Nokia Mobile Test Drive Centre; Content Management Pavilion; plus the
world renowned eBusiness Conference. Call 0870 7511 428 or register now
for FREE admission (saving £20) at
http://tm0.com/sbct.cgi?s=110982215&i=320435&d=1263482
\=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=/
STAFF
~~~~~
Written by Mike Butcher, edited by James Price. Send news tips and
press releases to [log in to unmask] at The Industry Standard's
London office.
GET THE MAGAZINE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Special rate for THE INDUSTRY STANDARD EUROPE at this URL:
https://secure.widearea.co.uk/thestandardeurope/threefree/?MediaCode=WWW01NL
EIE
GET MORE NEWSLETTERS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Enter your e-mail address at the following URL and select the
newsletters you wish to receive:
http://europe.thestandard.com/newsletters
To UNSUBSCRIBE to any newsletters, log in at the following URL and
select the newsletters you wish to cancel:
http://newsletters.thestandardeurope.com/standardeu/unsubeu.html
GET MORE NEWS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Go to http://europe.thestandard.com/news for more coverage on the
European Internet Economy.
ADVERTISING INFORMATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For more information on advertising in The Industry Standard Europe's
Newsletters and Web site, contact:
David Smith: mailto:[log in to unmask]
For online recruitment advertising, contact:
Anthony Tomlinson: mailto:[log in to unmask]
FEEDBACK AND PROBLEMS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Send letters to the editor to [log in to unmask]
Please contact us with any problems that arise:
http://europe.thestandard.com/help
You can also contact us via phone or post:
Standard Media Europe, Customer Service
3rd Floor North
Harling House
47-51 Great Suffolk Street
London
SE1 OBS
Tel: +44 (0) 207 960 3300
Fax: +44 (0) 207 960 3302
Copyright 2001 Standard Media Europe
************************************************************************************
Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion
list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic
study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html
*************************************************************************************
|
