Turbulences at the Head of the Point, the Director Weakened by Two Arrivals
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The directors Valérie Toranian and Étienne Gernelle left behind: this Monday, November 9, François-Henri Pinault, the shareholder of the "Point", turns the page of the years Franz-Olivier Giesbert. Behind the battle on the line of the newspaper, a disputed digital strategy and a final writing.
The announcement of two recruits at the head of the weekly by the new CEO of the "Figaro" triggered this Monday, November 9th by Etienne Gernelle, editor of the newspaper, who has been in office for twelve years.
With the removal of Valérie Toranian from the management of the editorial board of the weekly owned by the Pinault family, the director for twelve years has been threatened by the imminent arrival of Jacques-Olivier Martin, of the "Figaro", and Florent Barraco, of "Paris-Match".
While the hearings of the Point website are falling free, a tandem, passed by Le Figaro, is approached to take the lead of the weekly. An appointment directly by the new CEO, without the agreement of the director, Étienne Gernelle, who is worried about the independence of the Point.
The director of the Point, Etienne Gernelle, protested Monday against the recruitment without his agreement of two new officials in the magazine by his CEO, Bertrand Gié, recently arrived from the Figaro. "It's a break...
The managing director of the weekly has just sent an e-mail to the editor to point out a "breakup" on the tradition of editorial independence following the recruitment of two journalists by the new CEO.
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