The cultural fusion at Decision News Media is palpable. English and Irish accents on the newsdesk contrast strangely with the palm trees and umbrella pines visible through the windows.
On a wall in the company’s sweeping new office, at Le Belem, in the neo-classical town of Montpellier in southern France, is a framed certificate signed by Renaud Dutreil, France’s small business
minister. It declares DNM a “gazelle”, one of the 2,000 fastest-growing small and medium businesses in France. But next to it are awards for the editorial excellence of its websites from Britain’s Periodical Publishers Association.
