The editorial director of "Média", the web-TV close to rebellious France, was dismissed from his post.
Management suggests that it is Denis Robert's attitude that is in question.
The film "Mignonnes" continues to be talked about in the United States.
In the middle of the American presidential campaign, Senator Ted Cruz seized the subject like a scarecrow.
In an interview with "Parisien", Gérald Brice Viret evokes the return of Canal + and reveals a major change in the way in which new cinema products will now be offered.
This Monday also marks the return of M6's cult show, "L'Amour est dans le pré" is back for a new season after 14 years on the air.
A sudden departure from the Media, the web-TV close to France Insoumise.
The editorial director was removed from his post, we learned this weekend in the newspaper "Le Monde".
His name is Denis Robert and he took control of the news channel in 2019, after the resounding dismissal of Aude Lancelin, who himself had followed the equally eventful departures of Sophia Chikirou and Aude Rossigneux.
What is he blamed for?
This is where the question gets complicated.
The article in "Le Monde" suggests that this departure is perhaps not unrelated to the nature of Denis Robert's employment contract.
More precisely, with a request to put things back in order in terms of labor law.
Opposite, management ensures that it is the attitude of Denis Robert that is in question.
The boss of the entity which employs the editorial staff, Julien Théry, explained to "Le Monde": "We decided to ask him to cease his activities because he has a too classic and hierarchical conception of the function, which we want moreover remove to work in a more collegial manner ".
How did the editorial staff react?
It is not clearer on that side.
The editorial staff of the Media is about ten people, split between two unions, the SNJ and the CGT.
On the one hand, the three members of the SNJ support Denis Robert and issued a press release asking the management to stop "disregarding labor rights".
On the other hand, the seven members of the CGT confirm the tensions with Denis Robert and the uselessness of his function, which went against their desire to create a more collegial and less hierarchical system.
Denis Robert, himself, contented himself with indicating to the "World" that he was "taken aback and in shock".
The film "Mignonnes" continues to be talked about in the United States.
The arrival of the French film on Netflix last Wednesday across the Atlantic prompted hundreds of thousands of Americans to sign a petition calling on the streaming giant to remove the film.
The hashtag #CancelNetflix meanwhile rose to the top of the most discussed topics on Twitter in the United States on Thursday.
And the soap opera continues?
We didn't really see what might happen next, but it was without counting on the Republicans.
In the middle of the American presidential campaign, Senator Ted Cruz seized the subject like a scarecrow.
What better way to show support for family values and opposition to an overly liberal society than to speak out against a film that shows child pornography?
Rest assured, there is nothing pornographic in "Mignonnes", but it did not bother the senator, who was also a candidate for the Republican nomination for the 2016 presidential election. He wrote a letter to the Ministry of Justice and demands an investigation into the production and distribution of the film.
“It must be determined whether Netflix, its executives or the people involved in the filming violated federal laws on the production and distribution of child pornography,” concludes Ted Cruz in his letter.
That must get the film a lot of publicity, right?
That's the only good news in all of this.
It's a safe bet that "Mignonnes", an independent French film, would have gone unnoticed in the United States without this relentlessness.
But last week, it made it to the top 10 most viewed movies on Netflix across the Atlantic.
Faced with Netflix, in fact, Canal + continues to evolve.
The encrypted channel has been transformed into a streaming platform for several years, and the new announcements of its number 2 this weekend confirm this development.
In an interview with "Parisien", Gérald Brice Viret evokes the return of Canal + and reveals a major change in the way in which new cinema products will now be offered.
So far, the posting of films on the myCANAL platform has been based on the broadcasting of these films on Canal +.
Logical if we consider that myCANAL is the replay platform of Canal +.
But that's over!
From now on, regardless of their release date, new cinema releases will all be posted on Friday on myCANAL.
It will then be up to the channel to catch up with its platform, which definitely becomes its leading product.
This new strategy will kick off in October with five films uploaded every Friday.
And in the first batch, subscribers will find the last part of the "Star Wars" saga, "The Rise of Skywalker".
Tonight, a PAF heavyweight is back.
Monday evenings millions of viewers are now booked until the end of the year: "Love is in the meadow" is back on M6!
Eleven men and two women aged 37 to 63, all farmers of course, are participating in this fifteenth edition with the aim of finding true love.
After 14 years, the show remains M6's most popular brand, averaging 3.8 million viewers last year, or 17% of audiences and 26% of female buyers under 50.
And this fifteenth season aims to dust off the show.
How do you renew a format like "Love is in the meadow"?
By changing the way we tell the story.
The production, Fremantle, promises a new style of storytelling, more rhythmic, to avoid weariness.
There will also be changes in the mechanics, and we will see them from this evening: this year, Karine Le Marchand is present for the speed dates and therefore comments on the meetings between the farmers and the suitors.