💬 Opinion 2d ago · Alexander Hurst

French stars are rightly worried by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. Here’s how to rein him in

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French stars are rightly worried by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. Here’s how to rein him in
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The conservative tycoon’s grip on media and cinema is unhealthy. An EU fund could protect democracy in perpetuityThe shadow of Joseph McCarthy’s “red scare” loomed over the storied steps of this year’s Cannes film festival. Echoing the mid-20th-century blacklist, which shut out about 300 suspected communists from Hollywood, the French media group Canal+ announced an effective ban on twice that many French cinema professionals, including actors such as Juliette Binoche and film directors such as

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