Wednesday, June 27, 2007

UPDATE 2-Les Echos and Tribune call for French gov't help

(Reuters) - PARIS, June 27 - Journalists at France's two main
business dailies asked the government on Wednesday to get
involved in their battle against Bernard Arnault and his plans
to buy Les Echos and sell La Tribune.




Les Echos journalists fear that if the billionaire head of
luxury group LVMH succeeds, they will lose their
editorial independence and come under the stewardship of a
close friend of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.


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