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The Macron method: How to deal with Putin's Russia?

Here’s one for free speech absolutists to chew on: What should the French government do when the former head of Russian state television's French language channel is offered a place of rank on an all-news station with a free-to-air broadcast license and she touts Kremlin propaganda lines with little or…

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Can the French cinema industry take on its biggest financial backer?

French cinema is reeling after the CEO of the country's biggest investor in films, Canal+, said he would no longer work with hundreds of actors, directors, producers and technicians who signed an open letter criticising the right-wing views of media mogul Vincent Bolloré, who owns a 30 percent share of…

Radio France Internationale

Canal+ sued over CEO's response to 'Zapper Bolloré' collective letter

Leading industry figures including Javier Bardem and Ken Loach have signed the collective's open letter.

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French stars are rightly worried by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. Here’s how to rein him in

The conservative tycoon’s grip on media and cinema is unhealthy. An EU fund could protect democracy in perpetuity says Guardian Europe writer Alexander Hurst

The Guardian - UK

Can France's Canal+ legally blacklist film professionals for criticising owner Vincent Bolloré?

In response to a petition signed by French film professionals protesting against the ever-growing hold of conservative businessman Vincent Bolloré on France's media industry, the group's CEO threatened to blacklist them. But is such a threat legal and could it undermine freedom of speech?

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'Zapper Bolloré': Hollywood stars join petition against billionaire Bolloré

Javier Bardem, Ken Loach, Mark Ruffalo, Aki Kaurismäki and Yorgos Lanthimos have joined those backing an article warning about Vincent Bolloré’s grip on cinema. Almost 3,500 film professionals have now signed it.

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Podcast: Grappling with legacies of slavery, French film industry crisis

How two people in the French port city of Nantes – one descended from slave owners, the other from enslaved people – are working together to "repair" the country's troubled history. The slave money that built the Élysée Palace, the French president's official residence. And turmoil in the French film…

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Cannes, Canal+, Bolloré, blacklists: Is France's cultural diversity under threat?

Is France's cultural diversity under threat? As the UN celebrates cultural diversity, and as the Cannes Film Festival weathers a fight over a possible blacklist at film producer Canal+, we take a look at what happened in Cannes. We dive into the concerns over the conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré's influence…

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France’s top film producer says it will blacklist figures who petitioned against rightwing billionaire

Canal+ head says he will not work with hundreds of actors and directors who signed protest against Vincent Bolloré’s political sway

The Guardian - UK

Shock threat by billionaire Bollore's Canal+ group rocks French cinema

The head of France's biggest film producer, Canal+, said Sunday that the group would no longer work with 600 industry professionals who signed a petition against right-wing billionaire owner Vincent Bolloré.

Radio France Internationale

'Zapper Bolloré': Publishing protest spreads to French cinema at Cannes

On the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival, 600 leading figures from the film industry have published an opinion piece condemning the growing influence of the conservative billionaire on the industry, from Canal+ to Grasset, and warning of a threat to creative freedom.

Euronews

French film industry at risk from the far right, say actors and directors

Juliette Binoche joins 600 leading figures to warn against a ‘fascist takeover of the collective imagination’

The Guardian - UK

Political row as report calls for sweeping cuts to French public broadcasting

Inquiry set up by rightwing politician recommends merging major channels and slashing TV entertainment budgets by 75%

The Guardian - UK

Crisis at Grasset: Bolloré strikes back as 308 authors call for a 'conscience clause' in publishing

French billionaire Vincent Bolloré says Grasset "will go on" and has dismissed the "uproar of a small caste" after the mass exodus of authors from the famous publishing house on the rue des Saints-Pères in Paris.

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French media mogul Bolloré defiant as authors quit his publisher en masse

Vincent Bolloré, the conservative billionaire who has built up France's biggest media empire, says his Grasset publishing house will seek new talent after more than 150 of its authors quit in protest at what they claimed was interference with editorial independence.

Fortune

One man can kill Bill Ackman’s $64 billion bid for Universal Music Group—and no one knows what he’ll do

The $64 billion fight for the label behind Taylor Swift, Drake, and Billie Eilish comes down to a single French billionaire.

Radio France Internationale

Star authors quit French publisher Grasset over editor's sudden departure

Nearly 150 authors, including some of the biggest names in French literature, announced on Thursday they will quit the French publishing house Grasset – owned by media mogul Vincent Bolloré – in protest at the departure of its veteran boss Olivier Nora.

The Guardian - UK

More than 100 writers quit French publisher in protest against rightwing owner Vincent Bolloré

Tycoon’s media empire accused of pushing far-right ideas, as writers say: ‘We refuse to be hostages in ideological war’

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Euronews

Wave of departures at Grasset: 115 authors leave publishing house after ousting of CEO

More than a hundred writers have announced their departure from the Grasset publishing house following the announcement of the dismissal of its chairman Olivier Nora. They denounce an "ideological war"... Here's everything you need to know.

Euronews

Bill Ackman proposes €56 billion acquisition of Universal Music Group

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has proposed a €56 billion deal to merge Universal Music Group with a US acquisition vehicle, delivering shareholders a 78% premium and a potential New York Stock Exchange listing.

The Guardian - UK

Can Europe’s public service media survive attacks by the far right?

From Italy to France, Germany to Hungary, nationalist governments and politicians are targeting media with the same playbook

Radio France Internationale

French billionaire Bolloré to stand trial in African ports corruption case

French ⁠billionaire Vincent Bolloré is set to face trial on corruption and embezzlement charges related to election campaigns in Togo and Guinea in 2009, 2010 and 2011, the French financial prosecutor's spokesperson ‌has said.

The Guardian - UK

The far right in power always co-opts culture – in France, it has already begun

Marine Le Pen’s party is concocting plans to replace a vital, vibrant arts scene with a retrograde movement that would glorify the country’s past, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

The Conversation

Is CEO activism threatening democracy?

Intervening in the boardroom alone no longer seems to be enough for a good number of CEOs who are becoming increasingly vocal about politics. The most prominent example is Elon Musk, who publicly endorsed Donald Trump during the 2024 US presidential election campaign and later accepted a government role offered…

The Guardian - UK

France fears ‘era of Trumpism’ as public broadcaster comes under fire from right

Investigation established by UDR party to look at ‘neutrality, workings and financing’ of state TV and radio

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