Editor-in-chief at Le Post.fr (Le Monde Interactif)
Paris Area, France
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- Editor-in-chief at Le Post.fr at Le Monde Interactif
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- Innovation director at Le Dauphine Libere
- Second chief editor at Vaucluse Matin
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Benoit Raphael’s Summary
- I'm the editor-in-chief of Lepost.fr, a web-based news site launched in 2007 by the french press group Le Monde.
As a participative media, Lepost.fr experiments with the future of online news.
Nielsen august 2008: 1,25 million unique visitors.
Nielsen january 2009: 2,7 million unique visitors.
- Between may 2006 and may 2007, I was in charge of innovation at "Le Dauphine Libere", a local daily newspaper in France (Grenoble). Circulation : 246.000.
I leaded the Internet strategies of the group, looking for new targets and markets.
During this year, I launched "Quelcandidat.com" for Le Dauphine Libere, a little online media dedicated to the french presidential elections. The project was a great succes, with 1,5 million unique visitors between the middle of februrary (release) and the end of april, and important media cover and business profits.
Progression of DL websites : +300% between may 2006 and may 2007.
- I also own a professionnal blog (in french) : a conversation about innovations in newspapers.
Benoit Raphael’s Specialties:
journalism, management, web 2.0, branding and identity
Benoit Raphael’s Experience
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Editor-in-chief at Le Post.fr
Le Monde Interactif
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Lepost.fr traffic:
- Nielsen february 2008: 610.000 unique visitors
- Nielsen august 2008: 1,25 million unique visitors.
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Innovation director
Le Dauphine Libere
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
May 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Project manager, in charge of new medias strategies for the company.
I launched "quelcandidat.com" the first participative media with news both from journalists and "citizen journalists" in France.
Launched in February by Dauphine Libere, quelcandidat.com was a Web2.0 news website for the presidential elections.
In 2 months, the website made 15 millions pages viewed and 1,5 million visitors (about 35.000 visitors a day).
DL Websites (2006/2007) : + 300% -
Second chief editor
Vaucluse Matin
(Newspapers industry)
January 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 5 months)
We were here to help the newspaper to stop losing audience and circulation.
In January 2005, when we started, circulation rate was : - 5%. In November 2006 : + 17%. Progression betwen 2005 and 2006 : +2.5%
