Time right for 'Le Temps' with Eidos online upgrade

Two new European sites have gone live with EidosMedia’s Web CMS. Swiss daily ‘Le Temps’ has launched production of its extended news portal with the Méthode portal server in Geneva, while in Genoa, Italy, regional daily ‘Il Secolo XIX’ has used the same system for production of its online editions. One of French-speaking Switzerland’s most authoritative newspapers, ‘Le Temps’ has produced its print edition using the Méthode multiple-media platform since 2005. This has now been extended with the addition of the portal server, drawing on the same editorial workflow and content stores. The news-focussed system incorporates Web 2.0 features for the automatic management of reader interaction and participation. Among those adopted by ‘Le Temps’ are reader comments and feedback and most-read story charts, as well as realtime financial data, subscription management, RSS feeds and PDF and e-paper editions. Through an agreement with Agence France-Presse TV and France 24, the portal incorporates multimedia galleries driven by external image and video feeds. All these reader-focused features to be managed automatically from a single platform. Marketing manager at ‘Le Temps’ Virginie Fortun says the strategic objective was to set up an integrated newsroom: “We decided to implement the full Méthode suite to sustain this effort. The relaunch of our portal using the new CMS has brought about greater integration and the productivity benefits allow us to offer additional pure web contents as well as enhanced intra-day reactivity to our online readers.” The newspaper was founded in 1998, and also produces content for various electronic supports as well as the newspaper with its 45,883 circulation. In Genoa, ‘Il Secolo XIX’ is also developing an existing Méthode system used for its print editions, web portal and associated radio station. The update streamlines and extends its online offering to include interactive features such as reader comments and polls, as well as multimedia galleries and editorial blogs. Fabio Viviani, Il Secolo’s IT director says these will be followed later by reader forums and newsletters for registered users. “Having all these services on the same platform makes them easy to manage with minimum increase in the editorial workload,” he says. ‘Il Secolo XIX’ was established in 1886, and is one of Italy’s oldest regional dailies. It has a web edition and a number of local supplements containing local news and advertising. As well as the daily paper, ‘Il Secolo XIX’ also publishes ‘L’Avvisatore Marittimo’, Italy’s leading source of news and information for the shipping sector.