Was I wrong?
Mercredi 23 mai 2007
In a recent post, I referred to the the interview (in French) of Jean-Marie Colombani in L’Express. As the editor of one of the 3 national daily newspapers in France, he advocated for the development of the online edition of Le Monde, on the Financial Times model.
Today, the journalists of Le Monde decided not to follow his path, putting an end to his 12 years long career as the editor of the daily.
Obviously, other reasons led to this choice. French written press is undergoing deep crisis. The last presidential election uncovered people mistrust in the media as a whole, and journalists on the front line.
But Colombani’s inspired opinion on the written press future was undoubtedly too controversial in such a conservative industry. Wait to see his successor views on this subject …