Benoit Darcy

Current

Product Manager at CBS Interactive
Site Manager MusicSpot.fr at CBS Interactive
Founder at Music360

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Past

Senior Editor at CNET Networks France
Chief Editor at Posse Press
Radio columnist at Wit FM

Radio columnist at RTL
Consultant at Hewlett Packard France

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Education

Lycée A. Châtelet (Douai)
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I)

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Industry

Online Media

Benoit Darcy’s Summary

10+ years of experience in the medias industry.
Former managing editor in various supports (print and web).
Founder of MusicSpot.fr (community driven music portal)
Founder of Music360.fr (social network for musicians)
Head of Music brands @ CBS Interactive France

Formation : editorial, tech, business
Expertise : music, internet, technology
Blog : http://www.zdar.net

Benoit Darcy’s Specialties:

editorial, product development, bizdev, management, P&L planification, analytics, ed. marketing, webdev

Benoit Darcy’s Experience

Product Manager

CBS Interactive

(Public Company; CBS; Online Media industry)

January 2009 — Present (1 year )
Site Manager MusicSpot.fr

CBS Interactive

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

Founder of MusicSpot.fr.
Managing editorial, production, audience developement, partnerships and budget for MusicSpot.fr brand
Founder

Music360

(Internet industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

Music360.fr : enabling connections between musicians
Sold to CNET Networks France (now CBS Interactive) in Q1'08.
Senior Editor

CNET Networks France

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Online Media industry)

February 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 6 months)

Senior Editor, covering mobile technology for business brands of CNET Networks (now CBS Interactive) in France (Businessmobile.fr, ZDNet.fr)
Chief Editor

Posse Press

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

1997 — December 2005 (8 years )

Head of extra-issues for awards-winning print magazines focused on high tech, computing, video games, graphic design and programming (PCteam, Login, Studio Multimédia, Palmtops, Techmobile, PDA&Mobiles, Netbug).
Radio columnist

Wit FM

(Broadcast Media industry)

2000 — 2002 (2 years )

Bringing expertise in technology and internet for a weekly radio show
Radio columnist

RTL

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

September 1998 — July 1999 (11 months)

Bringing expertise in internet for a daily radio show
Consultant

Hewlett Packard France

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years )

R&D and beta-testing for HP49 calculator. Tehc evangelism in various conferences and summits.

Benoit Darcy’s Education

Lycée A. Châtelet (Douai)

Classe préparatoire PCSI , Mathématiques, Physique, Chimie, Systèmes industriels
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I)

DEUG , Physique, Chimie, Mathématiques