“The adventure is not over, we will soon meet elsewhere”wrote Geoffroy Lejeune in a press release published on June 19 on social networks, before regretting “something that stops” on Pascal Praud’s show on CNews, Vincent Bolloré’s channel. The former managing editor of Current valuesdismissed from the far-right weekly after a showdown with many twists and turns with its owner, as revealed The world beginning of June, has found its base. According to our information, Geoffroy Lejeune, 34, a claimed friend of Marion Maréchal and Eric Zemmour, should take over as general editor. of Sunday newspaper (JDD), now in the fold of the Vivendi group, owned of the Bolloré family.
Unless there is a last-minute change, this appointment, which has been extremely confidential until now, should be made official at the start of next week. Geoffroy Lejeune would replace Jérôme Béglé, the former number three of the Point, regular columnist on CNewswho had been placed at the head of the editorial staff of the JDD in January 2022. The 50-year-old would leave to take over the management of Paris Matchof which Vincent Bolloré officially holds the controls after the green light given on June 9 by the Brussels commission to its takeover bid for the Lagardère group (Paris MatchTHE Sunday newspaper, European 1, European 2 And RFM).
Tugdual Denis at the head of “Current Values”
Close to Geoffroy Lejeune, Charlotte d’Ornellas, signature of Current values become the muse of the reactionary right and supporters of Eric Zemmour during the presidential campaign of 2022, could arrive in the wake of the former editor of Current values At JDD. Emue, the regular columnist on CNews and Europe 1 had announced her departure from Current values on the Pascal Praud set on Tuesday, explaining that he was ” impossible ” that she stays “in this newspaper”. While the owner of the weekly, the Franco-Lebanese businessman Iskandar Safa, wants to see him find a less marked editorial line on the far right, he has just appointed Tugdual Denis as head of the magazine, former assistant to Mr. Lejeune. Contacted, the interested parties did not respond to our requests.
It has been several weeks since the rumor of the departure of Jérôme Béglé for Paris Match, “more in his DNA”circulates in the corridors of the JDD. After replacing Jérôme Bellay, short-lived successor to Hervé Gattegno at the head of the editorial staff of the two titles (before being abruptly landed in October 2021), Mr. Béglé would this time take over from Patrick Mahé, 76, whose contract was due to end in October. THE JDD has just welcomed political journalist Antonin André, ex-BFM-TV, alongside political editor David Revault d’Allonnes, but also Aziliz Le Corre, former FigaroVox, to the Opinions & Controversies pages.
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