"The project is not economically viable" : Florence Demay reports on Plus Belle La Vie 2.0

Mistral lowered the iron curtain on France 3 for the last time on 18 November. Since then Lola Marois, TPMP a collective was trying to revive the channel’s flagship program.”We could not answer the call of the fans. After 18 years, it’s time to renew the genre. Thus, we will be the first coverage in the audio-visual sector (Note from co-operative and participatory society editor), but of course we are talking about big bucks in this area. That’s why we want to build a private platform.‘ he explained.

Florence Demay, translator of Bianca Soubeyrand better life and the project spokesperson trusted this project. echoes Tuesday, January 3rd.

“This adventure should not have ended like this. It still had a bright future ahead of it, and as it still has around 1,200 employees, it can never replace the employment that a daily newspaper brings to a region, even if the majority of them are working on other projects. We are fighting for this amazing project: we are the only daily newspaper that sticks to the news and appeals to ordinary people, and a company that supports many families in Marseille. We’re not delusional, we’re making a crazy bet. If we can’t, we’ll have tried. Our chances of getting there are very slim. Newen doesn’t close doors to us. We continue. This is quite complex. This is a very difficult financial arrangement.he explained.

On Sunday, January 29, Plus Belle spoke again to deliver the news of La Vie 2.0 to our Parisian colleagues. “Nothing signed yet“He gave a secret before revealing that he was working”hard“After the first meeting with Newen, it looks like the collective needs to get back to work once again.”In the current situation, the project is not economically viable. We listened carefully to what they suggested to us. This series still costs between 24 and 27 million euros per year‘, he explained.

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