French state-owned media company
France Medias Monde
(English:
France Media World
) is a French state-owned
holding company
which supervises and co-ordinates the activities of the major
public media
organizations
broadcasting or publishing internationally
from France.
The company's subsidiaries are the radio broadcasters
Radio France Internationale
(RFI) and
Monte Carlo Doualiya
(MCD), and the television news broadcaster
France 24
. The company also has a 12.5% stake in the general entertainment and news network
TV5Monde
.
History
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Beginnings as Societe de l'audiovisuel exterieur de la France (2008?2013)
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Birth of the idea as 'France Monde'
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France Monde
was the name of the initial project to house the various international branches of French external broadcasting under one roof, including
Radio France International
,
France 24
and the French State's holdings in
TV5Monde
.
The shares that were in question were 100% of
Radio France Internationale
, 66.61% of
TV5Monde
(the remaining capital is held by the partner channels and some private investors) and 50% of France 24 (with the remainder held by
TF1
).
On 21 February 2008, it was announced the
CEO
of the network was appointed by French president Nicolas Sarkozy, as Alain de Pouzilhac, the former president of France 24, with Christine Ockrent, a journalist, serving as 'directrice generale deleguee' or 'Vice President'.
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The appointment of Alain de Pouzilhac was met with strong hostility of the unions of the companies concerned. On Wednesday 17 September 2008, the director of France 24, Gregoire Deniau, quit his post and France 24's editor Bertrand Coq was made redundant. This inflamed the already tense atmosphere created over de Pouzilhac's role in the network.
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Creation of the 'Societe de l'audiovisuel exterieur de la France (SAEF)'
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Once the idea had been solidified, it was renamed the 'Society of Exterior Audiovisual of France' (SAEF). The former French president
Nicolas Sarkozy
stated that the SAEF would serve as an alternative to the
BBC
,
CNN
or
Al Jazeera
.
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It was expected that the combined funding, plus additional advertising revenue, would total €400 million.
Revelations of power struggle between Ockrent and de Pouzilhac
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At the end of 2010, the internal conflict between the two leaders de Pouzilhac and Ockrent broke out during an internal spying affair revealed by French newspaper Le Point. Christine Ockrent was therefore massively repudiated by the management teams at both SAEF and France 24.
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Two years later, de Pouzilhac tended his resignation on 12 July 2012.
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After the announcement, he was replaced by Marie-Christine Saragosse.
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After his resignation, Ockrent demanded €650,000 in severance payments, due to her being removed from vice-presidency as a result.
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Rebirth as France Medias Monde
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On 27 June 2013, AEF become France Medias Monde.
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With the rebrand, the holding company began to market itself explicitly for the first time, with new websites and branding created for all companies in the group, with 'A France Medias Monde channel' featured on France 24 press releases
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under its logo, and France Medias Monde links featured on each of its websites to emphasise the grouping of the different broadcasters.
The company was backed up by the signature of the first contract of objectives and means between the French State and the newly coined 'France Medias Monde' on 9 April 2014.
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