Billionaire Bolloré triggers French ire over media barons’ power

The naming of a far-right editor-in-chief at Sunday paper Le Journal du Dimanche has sparked outrage

13 July 2023 - 21:19 By Benoit Berthelot and Tara Patel

Billionaire Vincent Bolloré has never shied from a fight. But at the influential French newspaper he’s in the process of taking over, the battle lines are hardening...

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