France: Sartre's newspaper fears its time is past

Posted by Bertrand Pecquerie on September 18, 2006 at 8:10 AM

"Help Wanted: Aging former Maoists seek wealthy industrialist to help finance and lead modernization of money-losing French daily newspaper. Capitalist approach welcome, but profit not expected" says Thomas Crampton at the International Herald Tribune about the long and painful crisis in Libération.

But for Gavin O'Reilly, chief operating officer of Independent News & Media, "The crisis at Libération should not be taken as indicative of the broader newspaper industry."

Source: International Herald Tribune 

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