New Rue89 venture for Canada goes live
October 1st, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Online Journalism
As we reported last month, Quebec89, the new venture from independent French news organisation Rue89, has gone live.
The new site also has a nascent Twitter account.
The site is a partnership with Quebec-based internet company Branchez-vous.com and will feature content from Rue89, which was recently shortlisted for a Online News Association’s general excellence award, and employ a three-person team to produce some local content, Pierre Haski, Rue89 founder, told Journalism.co.uk prior to launch.
The new Canadian site follows previous expanison by Rue89 after the launch a local French news site covering Marseille, Marseille89.
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