Worth reading at signandsight: their Manifesto, i.e., why the [non German-speaking] world should pay attention to German feuilletons and why European papers should be sharing content more generally:
While European journalists might use all available sources in English on the Internet, the papers they write for do not return the compliment. Moreover, European newspapers have never showed interest in creating a European network; they also haven't had the means. The only newspaper that could establish a European readership if its owners wanted to, is the International Herald Tribune. And its owner is in New York!Posted by Heather at March 7, 2005 08:37 AM
Recall the American cinema's love of Paris which continued well into the 1950s. In those days, eyes were looking in the opposite direction. Europe had something to say and America seemed interested in listening. Even debate in the English-speaking world is in danger of becoming provincial if Europe doesn't do its part.
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