Le contrôle de la parole

After five years, the New York publisher traces the course and the consequences of the changes that have swept through French publishing, the press and other media: the Vivendi-Wendel affair, La Martinière's takeover of Éditions du Seuil, Dassault's acquisition of the Socpresse group... Everywhere, in France as in the United States, consolidation is at work, with profitability as the sole yardstick for investment.