Paris (AFP)
Europe 1 has decided to part ways with its iconic comedian, Nicolas Canteloup, who had been working in his morning show since 2005 and had recently been very critical of Vincent Bolloré, the largest shareholder of the Lagardère group, its producer Jean announced on Thursday. -Marc Dumontet.
"We did not know on July 2 that we would accomplish our last + Review of Presque + on Europe 1", can we read in the text published on the producer's twitter account, under the message "Nicolas Canteloup and Europe 1 is finished".
"With deep sadness, we learned that we would not return to this beautiful meeting that we have been honoring since 2005", on private radio.
"We will therefore be leaving Europe 1, our home where we have been so free and happy," says the Revue team of almost.
"For 16 years (16 years!) We will have experienced the privilege of borrowing cross voices in a leading news media".
"The listeners will be missed. All the teams with whom we have shared so much will be missed. We would hate that Europe 1 is missing in its history", concludes the text, with reference to the fears weighing on the radio, doomed to get closer to CNews, under the influence of Vincent Bolloré, main shareholder of the two media.
The fate of Nicolas Canteloup raised questions internally and beyond since the historic five-day strike in June within the station, motivated by the dismissal of a reporter and the fear of a transformation of the radio in "opinion media" according to the merger with the Canal + group's news channel.
Without going on strike, the imitator, showcase of the radio, had given its support to the movement during caustic chronicles.
For the last of the season, he renamed Europe 1 to CNews Radio and mocked “the great Breton captain” Bolloré.
Patrick Cohen, Pascale Clark, Anne Roumanoff, Bertrand Chameroy, Matthieu Belliard, Emilie Mazoyer, Wendy Bouchard ... Agreed or forced departures have been accumulating in recent weeks within the radio, some of whose voices will be replaced by personalities from CNews.
The radio and the channel will set up a joint program at the start of the school year.
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