2024-03-24 18:43:00
A way out of the crisis is looming on a daily basis Provence, the daily owned since the end of 2022 by the CEO of CMA CGM, Rodolphe Saadé. Three days after the vote on a motion of no confidence and an indefinite strike, the newspaper’s management decided to reinstate Aurélien Viers, editorial director. He will be back at his post on Monday March 25 in the morning.
“The withdrawal of Aurélien Viers’ layoff was decided after a working meeting with Gabriel d’Harcourt, general manager […] The parties agree on the importance of the principle of independence of the newspaper from any power, whether political or economic, but also on the requirement of a non-partisan editorial line, conscious of the principles ethical and at the service of the reader,” indicates a press release.
Editorial independence charter
Concerning the front page of Thursday March 21 which sparked controversy over the “Place Net XXL” operation, the newspaper explains that it gave the floor to the inhabitants of the city of Castellane, but a quote from one of between them was included on the first page “without being explicitly sourced”. “This error in the composition of the front page is problematic, as some readers believed that this quote came from drug traffickers,” laments the management, which apologized in a message in the newspaper published on March 22.
The owner of Provence made another gesture towards the newspaper’s editorial staff and union representatives: it announced the promulgation by April 15 of the charter of editorial independence and ethics, under discussion in recent months. Enough to facilitate Rodolphe Saadé’s takeover of the BFMTV channel and RMC radio. The unions of Provencewho planned to mobilize on Monday March 25, should logically end the strike.
For now, they indicate that they are maintaining their movement. “We are happy with the reinstatement of Aurélien Viers, but we maintain that no error was made. There will be a rally on Monday followed by a general assembly,” explains Audrey Letellier, SNJ union representative. The writing of The Tribunewho was to go on strike on Tuesday March 26, should probably cancel the mobilization.
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