Journalist strike at French Le Monde – news bulletin

By Berni | August 10, 2012

Journalist strike at French Le Monde

Journalists go on strike at respected French daily Le Monde, for only the second time in the paper’s history.

Workers were protesting over heavy cuts in newsroom staff at the newspaper, which is read by around 2 million people each day. But like many other media groups, Le Monde has been hit by declining advertising revenues and increased competition from other news sources such as the internet.

Joanna Partridge reports for Reuters

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Journalist strike at French Le Monde

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  1. Journalists in France are going on a walk.
  2. This is the second ever strike at Le Monde.
  3. The strike is about pay cuts.
  4. All of the staff cuts are journalists.
  5. Half of the journalists at the paper will have to leave.
  6. Loss of advertising revenue is one of the reasons for the cuts.
  7. The crisis is partly due to problems within the organisation.
  8. The French press is largely free from problems.
  9. Le Monde is a very popular newspaper.
  10. The paper lost 12 million euros last year.
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