Stéphane Richard, soon in Silicon Valley to speak ... - The Point

“I take things in hand. To date, nothing is done.” Such is the state of mind of Stéphane Richard, about Dailymotion, after the sale of the video site to Yahoo! was aborted after two months of negotiations. The failure of these, claimed initially by Arnaud Montebourg (with 27%, the state is the largest shareholder of Orange, himself the holder of 100% of Dailymotion) is spinning the imbroglio every politician with an opinion on the question. If increase the number of jobs in France Dailymotion is crucial, it is unclear however how we can discuss the economic patriotism in a global digital market, Dailymotion assets not belonging, a priori, national security or the direct interest of the state.

remain health and the interests of stakeholders. In the short term, Dailymotion actually need money to grow especially in the United States, but also in Asia. On the other hand, for Orange, sale, even 75%, this gem acquired 120 million and currently estimated € 280 million would have been a breath of fresh air. Additional resources for the operator who suffers from a relatively small market capitalization (around € 21.5 billion on April 30, nearly eight times less than China Mobile, the first operator in the world), and thus the ‘exposed in the future to the appetite of potential buyers from emerging countries, for example.

To return to Dailymotion, candidates are not lacking. In Europe, Vivendi French and German Bertelsmann would be interested. Appetite but also from abroad. Reportedly, Stéphane Richard will visit next week in Silicon Valley, where he could meet Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo!, with whom he had negotiated so far mainly by videoconference interposed.

It should also meet Tim Cook, Apple’s number, Larry Page, his counterpart at Google, but Jeffrey Bezos, the CEO of Amazon and Sheryl Sandberg, President Facebook. If with each of these players, especially the first two, he should talk phone (like watch connected?), Stéphane Richard believes that Amazon and Facebook might be interested in Dailymotion. “Yes, I will introduce their baby,” said the Point.fr a number of Orange. He will this time completely free hand? Anyway, the Dailymotion case is just beginning.