Question 13795 — press and books

Summary

Ms. Laurianne Rossi draws the attention of the Minister of Culture to the future of the French magazines of Mondadori France, the third French magazine press group publishing more than thirty titles (some, like Science and Life, being a hundred years old). A subsidiary of the Italian press group Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Mondadori France has become one of the leading magazine press publishers in France. The diversity of its titles allows you to reach several million readers. A majority of French people have read, read, or will read one of the titles published by this group, whose contribution to the information and culture of fellow citizens is indisputable. However, it appears that the company Arnoldo Mondadori Editore wishes to sell its subsidiary Mondadori France to the Reworld Media group, whose core business, as indicated on its website, is to offer “advertisers an integrated Branding and Performance solution » thanks to the ownership of “more than ten media brands, uniting communities on all media and operating on a high-performance network comprising more than 180,000 partner sites around the world”. The activities of this potential buyer, responding to digital marketing objectives organized a priori around reduced editorial content, give rise to the greatest concerns regarding the requirements and quality of the sought-after journalism on the one hand, and as to the sustainability of the group's 700 salaried jobs located in the town of Montrouge, on the other hand. This resale questions more broadly the ethics of the press, the future of journalism, its economic model and in particular the granting of advantages (aid for the press, reduced VAT, tax deductions) to companies claiming press company status. She asks him on the one hand, what guarantees the Government can provide to employees of Mondadori France regarding the resale of their group, the sustainability of magazine titles and jobs and on the other hand, how to ensure the rigorous and ethical exercise of journalism activities claimed by organizations benefiting from the advantages linked to the status of press company (press aid, reduced VAT, tax advantages).

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