The bridges between Europe 1 and CNews are starting to take shape. The new grid for the general station of Lagardère was unveiled in a tense social context, employees have been on strike since Friday. Arnaud Lagardère detailed this Monday with the Figaro the new radio grid.
From the end of August, Laurence Ferrari will take place in the studios of Europe 1 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. She will start by hosting her show on CNews live from the radio studios, before hosting a common news section on CNews and Europe 1 between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. From 7 p.m., it will only be on Europe 1.
Louis de Raguenel appointed head of the political service
Several changes mentioned in recent days in the press have also been confirmed by the boss of Lagardère, such as the arrival in the morning of Dimitri Pavlenko, journalist of Radio Classique and regular speaker of Facing the info alongside Eric Zemmour on CNews, in place of Matthieu Belliard.
CNews figure, Sonia Mabrouk “keeps her (political) interview in the morning” of Europe 1 and “resumes Le Grand Rendez-vous politique du dimanche in partnership with CNews and Les Echos”, in place of Michaël Darmon.
The latter is replaced by Louis de Raguenel, officially appointed head of the political service of Europe 1. At the start of the season, the arrival of this former Current values over the radio had caused an uproar in the editorial staff.
A strike in progress
At the same time, the strike at Europe 1, which has brought together all categories of employees since Friday, was renewed for a period of 24 hours. The strikers are particularly worried about seeing Europe 1 become a “media of opinion” according to the mergers envisaged with the CNews channel, the news channel of the Canal + group, a subsidiary of Vivendi, controlled by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. The latter is also the largest shareholder of the Lagardère group, the parent company of Europe 1