France Télévisions will pay tribute on Monday to Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, its former boss who died last Tuesday, by giving his name to the main building of its headquarters, the public group said.
Its president and general manager, Delphine Ernotte, “decided to name the main building of the Paris headquarters”, in the 15th arrondissement, “Maison Jean-Pierre Elkabbach”, according to a press release from “France Télé” broadcast on Thursday.
Emmanuel Macron, present at Monday’s tribute
A ceremony will be held on Monday October 9 at 10 a.m., in the presence of the Head of State, Emmanuel Macron, according to the same source. Veteran of political journalism and also former boss ofEurope 1Jean-Pierre Elkabbach died Tuesday at the age of 86, sparking a shower of tributes from his peers and the political world.
Emmanuel Macron notably saluted a “sacred monster of French journalism”, who disappeared “on the eve of the 65th anniversary of our Fifth Republic, he who was always there, on each of its major dates”.
Forced to resign after revelation of incredible contracts
After being at the head of informationAntenna 2, the journalist was CEO of France 2 and France 3 from 1993 to 1996. He encouraged the rise of new presenters like Jean-Luc Delarue, Arthur and Nagui.
But after the revelation of contracts worth hundreds of millions of francs awarded to the star hosts-producers of France 2, he was forced to resign in 1996.