2023-06-22 17:26:34
By Claudia Cohen
Posted 4 hours ago, Updated 2 hours ago
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Geoffroy Lejeune has just been ousted from the direction of the weekly Valeurs Actuelles. Le Journal du Dimanche should not appear on newsstands this Sunday, June 25.
It only took a few hours for the journalists of the Sunday newspaper (JDD) mobilise themselves. On Thursday morning, The world revealed the likely appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune, who had just been ousted from the weekly Current values, at the head of the editorial staff of this newspaper now owned by the Vivendi group. The information had been confirmed internally at lunchtime a few feathers from the JDDaccording to our information.
In response to the news, a general meeting was held this afternoon at the initiative of the Society of Journalists (SDJ). To express their opposition to this probable recruitment, the editorial staff of the JDD voted 93% (77 for, 1 no, 5 no answers) for a renewable strike starting this Thursday at 5:30 p.m. “We strongly oppose this appointment.“, hammers the SDJ in a press release. “Geoffroy Lejeune, former editorial director of the far-right weekly Valeurs Actuelles, expresses ideas that run counter to the values that the JDD has carried for seventy-five years.“, she abounds.
The newspaper could not therefore appear on newsstands this Sunday, June 25.
Geoffroy Lejeune, 34, is supposed to replace Jérôme Béglé. The current editorial director should take over the reins of Paris Match, another major title of Lagardère officially fell a few days ago into the bosom of Vivendi, property of the Bolloré family. These movements occur shortly after the green light granted by Brussels to the takeover of the Lagardère group (Europe 1, JDD, Paris MatchHachette, etc.) by the shareholder of Canal+ and Havas.
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