2023-07-22 12:21:00
A sad record in sight for the JDD. With the massive renewal of the journalists’ strike until next Tuesday opposed to the arrival at their head of Geoffroy Lejeune (ex-Valeurs Actuelles), marked on the far right, the Journal du Dimanche will exceed the duration of the 31-day movement led by journalists from i-Télé in 2016, said the Society of Journalists (SDJ) in a press release. Started on June 22, this strike was once once more approved on Friday by almost all of the editorial staff (98 for, 2 once morest, 4 who did not decide), according to the SDJ. The weekly will not appear on Sunday for the 5th week in a row, a journalist from the JDD. The editorial staff stopped work to contest the arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune and to demand guarantees of legal and editorial independence. Many observers see in the appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune the hand of billionaire Vincent Bolloré, whose Vivendi group must swallow Lagardère, owner of the JDD, Paris Match and Europe 1, following a successful takeover bid. ” I feel like I’m in a nightmare “, confided to La Tribune a journalist from JDD.
The situation recalls the strikes of Europe 1 and i-Télé
The situation of JDD thus recalls the strikes of Europe 1 in 2021 and of i-Télé (become CNews, property of Vivendi) in 2016, concluded each time by massive departures.
Enough to put the question of the independence of the media back on the political agenda. Deputies from eight political groups (excluding RN and LR) notably presented a bill on the subject on Wednesday, while the Elysée formalized the launch in September of the States General of Information, expected for a year. The cost of the strike is already weighing heavily on the JDD : each non-appearance of the newspaper would lead to 500,000 euros in losses, according to a figure revealed by the daily Le Monde and mentioned by “a member of the department at the very beginning of the mobilization”, the journalist from Le Monde told AFP on Friday. JDDWilliam Cairo.
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