Le Journal du Dimanche explained

Le Journal du Dimanche
Type:Weekly newspaper
Format:Large tabloid
Owners:Hachette Filipacchi Médias
Founder:Pierre Lazareff
Language:French
Headquarters:Paris, France
Circulation:151,007 (2020)

Le Journal du Dimanche (in French pronounced as /lə ʒuʁnal dy dimɑ̃ʃ/;), also known as the JDD in French pronounced as /ʒedede/ is a French weekly newspaper published on Sundays in France.

JDD was bought in 2023 by Vivendi of media mogul Vincent Bolloré, triggering a strike movement against the new editorial stance perceived as far-right.

History and profile

Le Journal du Dimanche was created by Pierre Lazareff in 1948.[1] He was managing editor of France Soir at that time.[1]

The weekly paper belongs to the Lagardère Group[2] through Hachette Filipacchi Médias.[3] The company is also the publisher of the paper which is based in Paris[3] and which is published on Sundays.

Le Journal du Dimanche was published in broadsheet format until 1999 when it began to be published in the Berliner format.[2] On 6 March 2011 the paper again changed its format to large tabloid format.[2]

In the period of 2001–2002, Le Journal du Dimanche had a circulation of 275,000 copies.[4] In 2010, this had decreased slightly to 257,280 copies,[2] but by 2020, it had dropped to 151,007 copies.[5]

2023 strike after takeover by Vivendi

On 23 June 2023, days after the takeover of Lagardère group by Vivendi, the appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune as editor-in-chief was announced, just a few days after he had been fired from his position as editorial director of the far-right-wing weekly magazine Valeurs Actuelles. This set off a firestorm among the editorial staff, 93% of whom voted to go on strike on 22 June to protest against this potential arrival,[6] thought to have been engineered by Vincent Bolloré. One month later, negotiations were broken off again when the Lagardère group confirmed that Lejeune would take over editorial control of the newspaper on 1 August. 98% of the journalists voted to continue the longest strike in the newspaper's history. This vote made the strike longer than the 31-day strike at I-Tele when the latter was transformed into CNews[7] after being taken over by Canal+, whose oversight committee is also chaired by Bolloré.[8] The European Commission opened a formal investigation into Vivendi's takeover of Lagardère group on 25 July for potential violation of European Union rules.[9]

On 1 August, journalists voted to abandon the strike after reaching an agreement on severance terms for those intending to leave the newspaper as a result of the change.[10] [11]

It was revealed in June 2024 that 95% of the journalists left the newspaper after the change.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Le Journal du Dimanche. Euro Topics. 25 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924010410/http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=6907. 24 September 2015. dead.
  2. News: Newspaper Journal du Dimanche: a new format, a new approach. 24 November 2014. Publicitas. 3 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402231635/http://www.publicitas.com/italy/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=45366&title=france-newspaper-journal-du-dimanche-a-new-format-a-new-approach#.VHODklesUX4. 2 April 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: Le Journal du Dimanche. Publicitas. 25 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150403060355/http://www.publicitas.com/en/germany/media-solutions/factsheet/mediadata/le-journal-du-dimanche/?PARAM1=EN1JN1#.VHRHJtKsXx0. 3 April 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: Top 50 Finance/Business/News magazines worldwide (by circulation) . Magazine Organization . 13 December 2014 . Report . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141213185512/http://www.magazine.org.tw/events/school/report/wmt/top50finance.pdf . 13 December 2014 .
  5. Web site: Le Journal du Dimanche - ACPM. 2021-05-07. www.acpm.fr.
  6. News: Cohen . Claudia . 2023-06-23 . Geoffroy Lejeune nommé à la direction de la rédaction du "JDD", Jérôme Béglé prend la tête de "Paris Match" . 2023-06-23 . Le Figaro . fr.
  7. News: Le Parisien . 24 July 2023 . Malgré la grève, Geoffroy Lejeune à la tête de la rédaction du JDD à partir du 1er août . fr.
  8. News: Le Monde . Un mois de grève à i-Télé : les raisons et l’échec d’un conflit sans précédent depuis 1968 . Durand . Anne-Aël . 4 Nov 2016 . fr.
  9. News: Le Parisien . 25 July 2023 . Rachat de Lagardère par Vivendi : l’Union européenne a ouvert une enquête visant le groupe de Vincent Bolloré. fr .
  10. News: French journalists end 40-day strike as far-right editor takes helm at Sunday paper . 1 August 2023 . France 24 English . 1 August 2023.
  11. News: Le Monde . fr . La fin de la grève au " Journal du Dimanche " laisse un goût amer . 1 Aug 2023. Vulser . Nicole .
  12. News: . fr . Un an plus tard, les anciens journalistes du « JDD » maintiennent la flamme . 2024-06-22. Tom-Demars. Granja. 95 % des journalistes du JDD – sur une centaine au total – ont par la suite signé une rupture conventionnelle individuelle, mettant fin à un combat soutenu par des ONG, des intellectuels, des forces politiques et des médias.. http://web.archive.org/web/20240622070808/https://www.humanite.fr/medias/concentration-des-medias/un-an-plus-tard-les-anciens-journalistes-du-jdd-maintiennent-la-flamme. 2024-06-22.

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