Please Welcome Laurent Giret to BWW Media Group!

I’m happy to announce that Laurent Giret is joining BWW Media Group. Laurent will split his time between our two sites, and he will focus on writing news here at Thurrott.com.

For those unfamiliar, Laurent was formerly the senior news editor at OnMSFT, where he wrote about Microsoft, Windows, desktop and mobile apps, hardware, and gaming. It’s been a long time since we’ve had someone dedicated to news on Thurrott.com, but I can already tell from our early interactions that Laurent will be a great addition, and I’m looking forward to working with him each day.

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For you, this means another voice on the site. And for me, it means I’ll be free to pursue more Premium content. (Though my recent revival of the Programming Windows series has certainly been prolific enough.) Laurent will also be contributing to Petri.com, and he has worked with Petri’s Rabia Noureen in the past.

Laurent is from France. You can find him on Twitter at @laurentgiret, and be sure to check out his articles at OnMSFT.

Thanks!

Paul

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  • johnlavey

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 10:38 am

    <p>Congratulations Laurent! You are now working for the best organization focused on Windows related technology. I’m sure you also will bring news events from a fresh perspective. Welcome aboard!!</p>

  • jimchamplin

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 10:39 am

    <p>Great to see you here Laurent!</p>

  • OldITPro2000

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 10:44 am

    <p>Congrats! Welcome aboard.</p>

  • George Coll

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 10:44 am

    <p>Grateful to have Laurent on the team! Welcome!</p>

    • Laurent Giret

      Premium Member
      07 February, 2022 - 10:59 am

      <p>Thanks George and all the people in the comments! I’m really excited to work with Paul and all the great people at BWW :)</p>

  • christianwilson

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 10:59 am

    <p>Good to have you here, Laurent. Welcome!</p>

  • oasis

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 11:17 am

    <p>Welcome aboard…</p>

  • George Coll

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 11:23 am

    <p>Many of you may be familiar with Laurent from his time at onmsft.com, where he spent many years. He lives in France … I think Paul just wanted more excuses for ‘business’ trips to Europe ;)</p>

    • Laurent Giret

      Premium Member
      07 February, 2022 - 11:43 am

      <p>Lol. Maybe I can convince Paul to move to France for good ;)</p>

      • justme

        Premium Member
        08 February, 2022 - 3:24 am

        <p>Be very careful about what you wish for, sir. The good Mr Thurrott has a great fondness for Paris. He may very well take you up on that! :)</p><p><br></p><p>Welcome to the madness.</p>

    • Paul Thurrott

      Premium Member
      07 February, 2022 - 11:52 am

      <p>I can neither confirm nor deny…</p>

    • wright_is

      Premium Member
      07 February, 2022 - 11:54 am

      <p>His look and the background gave his location away. I don’t mean that in a bad way, French people just have that certain “<span style="background-color: rgb(40, 40, 40); color: rgb(238, 238, 238); –noir-inline-background-color: #1b2225; –noir-inline-color: #dddad6;" data-noir-inline-background-color="" data-noir-inline-color="">je ne sais quoi”.</span></p>

  • bluvg

    07 February, 2022 - 11:35 am

    <p>Welcome welcome welcome! Looking forward to your posts!</p>

  • wright_is

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 11:50 am

    <p>I would say welcome to the team, but it feels more like a family… Whatever, welcome.</p>

    • davehelps

      Premium Member
      07 February, 2022 - 5:32 pm

      <p>Well said.</p>

  • Cdorf

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 11:55 am

    <p>Welcome!</p>

  • scottib62

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 12:04 pm

    <p>Great add, welcome Laurent!</p>

  • jmeiii75

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 12:23 pm

    <p>Welcome aboard, Laurent!</p>

  • benstat

    07 February, 2022 - 1:11 pm

    <p>Welcome!</p>

  • kipkniskern

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 1:18 pm

    <p>Enjoyed every minute of working with Laurent these past six years, and excited for him to get new opportunities. Congrats, Paul and Laurent, good hire!</p>

    • Laurent Giret

      Premium Member
      08 February, 2022 - 5:51 am

      <p>Thank you Kip :)</p>

  • Chris_Kez

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 1:47 pm

    <p>Welcome, Laurent!</p>

  • JH_Radio

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 2:25 pm

    <p>Welcome!</p>

  • L Gilles

    07 February, 2022 - 2:39 pm

    <p>Every thing works better with a Laurent on board ! Welcome.</p>

  • madthinus

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 3:18 pm

    <p>Welcome! </p>

  • north of 49th

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 3:37 pm

    <p>Welcome to the site. </p>

  • bleeman

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 6:11 pm

    <p>Welcome to the "zoo" Laurent!</p>

  • brettscoast

    Premium Member
    07 February, 2022 - 6:59 pm

    <p>Welcome aboard Laurent. Look forward to reading your contributions to BWW Media Group. </p>

  • Pierre Masse

    08 February, 2022 - 3:41 am

    <p>Bienvenue Laurent. C’est une excellente nouvelle pour nous tous, avides lecteurs de BWW Media Group. Nous avons hâte de te lire et bonne chance dans ce nouveau défi.</p>

    • Laurent Giret

      Premium Member
      08 February, 2022 - 5:50 am

      <p>Merci beaucoup :)</p>

  • JonathanC

    08 February, 2022 - 6:55 am

    <p>Congrats on the new gig, Laurent. Although I will miss the old days. Well, sort of. Just kidding. ?</p>

  • louvipi

    Premium Member
    08 February, 2022 - 7:11 am

    <p>Welcome! So glad to have you come onboard. </p>

  • gregsedwards

    Premium Member
    09 February, 2022 - 6:45 am

    <p>Welcome aboard!</p>

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