the bosses of the press groups heard in the Senate

Are the French media too concentrated? In France, most of the major private media are owned, more or less directly, by billionaires and the question of their influence can sometimes arise. Through Vivendi, Vincent Bolloré controls the CANAL+ group and all of its channels, as well as Prisma Media with titles like Here, Gala and Geo. In the Senate, Thursday, January 20, the commission was interested in the way CNEWS, channel of the CANAL + group, had placed Éric Zemmour on the air for two years before he declared his candidacy for the presidency.

“I saw that he called me every day, that we had lunch every month. I had lunch with him only once, which is when he was offered to join CNEWS. Éric Zemmour has the right to express himself, he does what he wants, his program does not concern me, I have never been in politics and I will never be in politics”, assures Vincent Bolloré. Bernard Arnault, with the LVMH group, owns Le Parisien, Les Échos and Radio Classique. He was questioned about the pressure put on other media when an article displeased him such as an article in Liberation titled “Casse-toi riche idiot!” : “I did complain, I called the then manager and said, ‘It’s amazing to be able to treat one of the biggest companies and its shareholder and its manager in this way'”reports Bernard Arnault.