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Liberation newspaper boss quits after proposal to turn it into a social network
The editor-in-chief of left-leaning French newspaper Liberation has resigned after a bitter row with staff over his plans to transform the paper into a social network.
Nicolas Demorand's restructuring plan was denounced by the paper's journalists in a front-page story at the weekend.
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Key shareholders defended the plan as the only viable future for the 40-year-old paper.
But journalists accused the management of wanting to turn Liberation into a brand and said the plan involved doing everything but journalism.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26169559
Nicolas Demorand's restructuring plan was denounced by the paper's journalists in a front-page story at the weekend.
...
Key shareholders defended the plan as the only viable future for the 40-year-old paper.
But journalists accused the management of wanting to turn Liberation into a brand and said the plan involved doing everything but journalism.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26169559
"WE ARE A NEWSPAPER
not a restaurant
not a social network
not a cultural space
not a TV screen
not a bar
not a start-up incubator"