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Crisis at Le Monde: Are newspapers losing their independence?

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Today our cultural trends editor Sylvain Bourmeau talks about the financial crisis at “Le Monde”. The prestigious French daily newspaper has huge financial difficulties to overcome. With its recapitalization on June 15 the paper’s independence could be threatened. Print journalism has been experiencing financial problems all over the world, but French newspapers seem even weaker than others.

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