Canadian newspapers gone .mobi

[Dave]

Maybe our Canadian members can tell us whether this is big news or not, as I'm not familiar with these titles...

LINK (http://www.editorsweblog.org/news/2007/07/canada_newspapers_launch_mobile_sites.php)

[keithmt]

Nice find! You always find great news, thanks :smile: I would say any news related to mobi dev. is big news!

[TLD]

Gesca, publisher of Montreal’s La Presse and several other newspapers, has launched mobile versions of three of its largest websites: the news site Cyberpresse.ca, business site LaPresseAffaires.com and technology site Technaute.com.
Mobile users can configure the sites to receive text message alerts on subjects that interest them. However, advertising is not yet available on the sites. The new sites, called Mobile.Cyberpresse.ca, LaPresseAffaires.mobi and Technaute.mobi, join similar French-language mobile sites from Radio-Canada and Canoe.
Although relatively few Canadian websites are available in mobile format, Gesca says the option is starting to grow in popularity, with 42 of the top 100 U.S. websites now offering mobile versions, according to the U.S. interactive and marketing firm RarePlay.

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[Scandiman]

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They are working for me. Though my French is another matter.

[seanboy]

I wonder why they went 2/3 with the .mobis. Weird.

[Dave]

Threads merged to keep it with the previously posted info.