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France's Richest Man Takes Control Of Paris Match Magazine

Paris Match, a glossy French weekly known for its celebrity exclusives on Tuesday became part of the media empire of France's richest man Bernard Arnault, after a stint under right-wing tycoon Vincent Bollore's ownership.

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Reporters Without Borders accuses French billionaire-linked firm of ‘vast campaign to discredit’ it

Paris-based media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders has alleged that a PR firm linked to conservative French businessman Vincent Bolloré is leading a “vast disinformation campaign” to “discredit” it.

Newslaundry

Marine Le Pen says National Rally have ‘serious chance’ for absolute majority despite polls – as it happened

Polling has shown that the most likely scenario on Sunday is that National Rally will not win an absolute majority of seats

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Far right set to lose in France — just. Its Murdoch-like backer helped it come close

Marine Le Pen’s far-right party is projected to lose the French election. Vincent Bolloré is key to understanding how it came so close.

Crikey

Meet the French Rupert Murdoch who dragged a nation to the far right

Vincent Bolloré is key to understanding what on earth is going on in France right now.

Crikey

How Bolloré, the ‘French Murdoch’, carried Le Pen’s far right to the brink of power

French tycoon Vincent Bolloré has put his sprawling media empire at the service of the country’s nationalist right, precipitating a rightward shift in French politics. Pulling strings from behind the scenes in the manner of Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire corporate raider has orchestrated an alliance of bitter right-wing rivals in…

France 24

National Rally says it would privatise French public TV if it wins majority

Far-right party says move would free up €3bn and that public television and radio need ‘a bit of liberty’

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Russian chipmaker unveils Raspberry Pi competitor — despite US sanction woes, Elbrus packs its homegrown chip into the smallest form factor yet

The Elbrus-2S3 processor is being used to power a Raspberry Pi 5 competitor from Russian state agency Rostec. The problem? The Elbrus-2S3 hasn't been produced since 2022 when Taiwan sanctioned Russia.

Tom’s Hardware

Russian media claims server and storage supply has returned to pre-sanctions levels despite ongoing restrictions

Russia's server and storage supply was hampered by U.S.-imposed sanctions, but the state seems to have returned to normalcy nevertheless.

Tom’s Hardware

HP closes Russian business, shutting website for good

HP closes Russian operations, but Russia doesn’t seem too bothered, claiming, “the rest of the world is boycotting HP.”

TechRadar

‘Victory for democracy’: French court asks regulator to probe CNews over ‘opinion media’ allegation

French channel CNews, described as the “French Fox News” by critics, will be examined by France’s media regulator over six months to ascertain if the TV media outlet is conforming to rules on independent journalism, The Guardian reported.

Newslaundry

French regulator to look into CNews channel after ‘opinion media’ allegation

Court orders regulator to examine balance and independence of CNews, described by critics as ‘French Fox News’

The Guardian - UK

French filmmakers warn that far-right cyber-raids are torpedoing their movies

French filmmaker Mehdi Fikri has accused far-right cyberactivists and TV pundits of scuppering the launch of his police violence drama “After the Fire”, reviving talk of the influence of online rating platforms and politicised commentators in shaping movies’ fortunes.

France 24

‘We fight on’: fears for France’s Sunday paper over editor with far-right ties

Bitter strike at Journal du Dimanche ends with staff exodus – and arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune

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Daily Mirror

Annecy stabbings: British girl, 3, among four children knifed in playground bloodbath

A three-year-old girl of English nationality was one of the victims of today's horror and was transported to a hospital in Grenoble, according to local media

Tom’s Hardware

Russian 'Anti-Sanctions PC' Powered by New Skif Processor

Russian "anti-sanctions PC" uses Skif processor, Alt Linux OS, and domestic hardware to dodge sanctions.

PC Gamer

Cisco trashes $23M worth of tech to avoid it being sold in Russia

Just a drop in the ocean to a company making around $30 million per day...

Radio France Internationale

TV presenter slammed with record 3.5 million euro fine for insulting MP

C8, the channel which employs controversial French TV talk show host, Cyril Hanouna, has been fined an unprecedented 3.5 million euros because Hanouna insulted the French MP Louis Boyard during an "out of control" live television interview last year.

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The Guardian - UK

The UK reined in Rupert Murdoch. Why can’t we stop Vincent Bolloré in France?

The billionaire is poised to gobble up titles like Paris Match and publisher Hachette. Europe must intervene to uphold media freedom

AFP

Crunch time for Macron, Le Pen ahead of presidential vote

Paris (AFP) - French presidential hopefuls Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen threw themselves into a final flurry of campaigning Friday, hoping to mobilise millions of hesitant voters before the weekend media blackout imposed for Sunday's run-off election.

France 24

How Zemmour’s storm in a teacup hijacked French campaign – and helped Le Pen

After dominating the airwaves in the early stages of the campaign, France’s extreme-right candidate Éric Zemmour saw his presidential run falter in the home stretch. His lowly 7.1 percent tally in Sunday's first round shut him out of the April 24 run-off. But his outsized influence on the campaign could…

France 24

Pushing far-right agenda, French news networks shape election debate

In a presidential campaign dominated by talk of far-right pundit Eric Zemmour, some of France's leading news networks stand accused of fostering his Elysée Palace run and plugging his hardline agenda on crime, immigration and Islam.

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