Posted at mid-day, Wednesday, October 5, the release has provoked the stupor and France Télévisions : ” a common agreement, Delphine Ernotte-Cunci and Vincent Meslet put an end to their collaboration because of differences of opinion on the strategy, writes the company public in a press release. Caroline Got [director of the strategy and programmes of the group] will be the acting executive director of France 2. “The president of France Télévisions separates from an important member of his team, only one year after its entry into function.
Director of programs of France 3, for six years, and then to Arte for four, Vincent Meslet was part of recruits lighthouses from the president Ernotte to his arrival, in mid-2015. Why a separation as brutal ? Contacted, Vincent Meslet has not, to date, responded.
” It is pretty violent, when the same, commented on a employee of France 2. the in view of The statements to be rather positive for the president, one would have expected it to sustain longer. There is a side guillotine. “ The absence of a designated alternate strengthens the dimension sudden and is unsettling for the teams, says this employee. It is also a sign of the risk taken by Delphine Ernotte, because Mr Meslet was a recognized professional and director of France 2 is not a position easy.
This announcement is two days after the publication by Médiamétrie figures very bad for the antenna : in September, France 2 has the lowest audience in its history, to 12.5 %, 1.9 points less than a year ago. With 20.4% of audience share on average (– 1 point in one year), TF1 is far ahead, while M6, to 10.8 % (+ 0.7 points), getting closer. France 2 mainly lives of the royalty, but his hearing condition, however, the advertising part of his or her income. And the context of the fiscal environment is tight, hence the savings plan recently announced, including non-replacement of departures.
The hearings, aggravating factor
However, the scores of hearing very bad would not be the primary cause of the divorce between Mr Meslet and the president, but rather an aggravating factor, according to a source close to the folder. Mme Ernotte is not satisfied with these numbers, but it has until recently supported the boldness of the work of renewal of the antenna is hired by Vincent Meslet. If now she would like to make adjustments, she does not want to much to change everything. Also, Caroline Got did not have the mandate to change completely France 2, ensures this source.
this season, Mr Meslet had taken the party to recast the afternoon of France 2, a subject which was the figure of a sea serpent. New shows launched (” A Thousand and one Lives “, ” private Tours “, ” Amanda “, ” Actuality “) are struggling to find their public. But the group wanted to be optimistic. the ” We made the bet to change quite radically, I have supported Vincent in his desire to completely renew the afternoons, it starts not strong but it is necessary to give time “, explained in Mme Ernotte, September 15.
” The whole afternoon has been redesigned, with results that are, for the moment, below the average for the past year, but which show an average increase over the last three weeks “, commenting on France Télévisions, Monday, October 3. The hearings back in the late afternoon, with the classic “Don’t forget the lyrics” nagui (French speacker), which recorded a 10.2 % audience average. other programs, such as the new version of Special Envoy, designed with the directorate of information and Elise Lucet, or even Amazing, with Léa Salamé – have also been a success of esteem.
Friction with the director of strategy
so What are ” strategic differences ” who have been able to push Delphine Ernotte to separate from Mr Meslet so soon ? According to a source close to the folder, the patron saint of France 2 has had some friction with other branches of France Télévisions. Especially with Caroline Got, the director of strategy and programs, the responsibilities of which are cross-cutting. A conflict, for example, has opposed the schedule change of “Stage 2″ on Sunday, Mme Got being responsible for sports.
More broadly, Mr Meslet has been criticised, as its predecessors at France Télévisions, to see France 2, as the flagship of the company, deemed to be more important than other channels of the bouquet of channels that digital, says this source. An employee of nuance, stating that the relations between France 2 and France 3 are not especially bad at this time.
Last point : according to a source close to the case, Mr Meslet defended, in the eyes of the presidency, an editorial vision of France 2 a little too elitist and not enough general public. However, explains an employee, the choice of the director of the chain had so far been validated publicly by Mme Ernotte.
For the president of France Télévisions, appointed in mid-2015, this departure is a real blow hard : the lecher of art but former France Télévisions, Vincent Meslet was a demanding editorial policy for the public service, and embodied one of the ambitions of Mme Ernotte, who was often in value, even if it was not part of his first circle. Despite its commitment to business transformation, the newly elected president did not escape the “curse” of France 2, who prior to this has seen a succession of five different bosses in five years…
Delphine Ernotte had already had to make adjustments with the return of Pascal Golomer, the director of information, replaced by Michael Field in December 2015. It has since been found in the turmoil in the context of the preparation of an issue with François Hollande, then a “special Envoy” on the case Bygmalion, Nicolas Sarkozy.
Despite the launch welcomed the chain of information Franceinfo, the president today faces a major crisis, now with an element of context that it has not known up to now : the pressure of bad hearings.
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