What is "numerama"

Numerama (formerly Ratiatum) is a French language news website that focuses on economic, legal, social, and technological issues. It was founded in April 2002 by Guillaume Champeau and is published by the company PressTIC. Numerama receives about 2 million visits per month and was the 10th most influential medium on Facebook ranked by Le Journal du Net in September 2011.

Formerly devoted to issues related to peer to peer (P2P) and the culture industry, the site has evolved into a more general content. To mark this development, on 11 February 2008 Ratiatum.com became Numerama.com .

The origin of the word "Ratiatum" is the name of the city of Rezé when it was under the rule of the Roman Empire. It was the city where Guillaume Champeau was living in at the time of the site creation.