Brand Strategies and Editorial Strategies of the Figaro Group

Economic Models, Uses and the Pluralism of News Online
From the Portal to the Ecosystem Integrated by Data Management
By Alexandre Joux
English

This paper is a monograph on the Figaro Group which, since it was bought out by Dassault, has had a strategy of strengthening the brand stemming from the daily newspaper while developing its online audience through new editorial topics. The author highlights the challenges facing press groups that want to reshape their business model on Internet. The Figaro Group is an emblematic example, especially since it acquired CCM Benchmark. Although its new business model has enabled it to carry on financing a large newspaper, it is operating in a context that is making it more difficult to maintain pluralism online.

Keywords

  • Figaro
  • online press
  • portal
  • umbrella brand
  • online publicity
  • editorial strategies
  • horizontal concentration
  • news diversity
  • digital innovation
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