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France: Government shocked by newspaper crisis

Posted by John Burke on July 21, 2006 at 12:32 PM
For the media watcher, the woes of the French press are no surprise. But now it's official. An annual study of France's top 300 publishers conducted by the Direction for Media Development (DDM), an office attached to that of the Prime Minister, has been released, and the numbers are depressingly bad.


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France: press problems show troubles connecting with readers

Posted by John Burke on July 11, 2006 at 10:47 AM
The struggles of the French press are well documented. Not only have many papers been losing circulation and money, but many of their investors come from private businesses often connected to the government that raise suspicions of not-so-independent editorial boards. In fact, the Economist says that by some counts "70% of the French press is in the hands of defence firms."


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