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Sold : "Le Monde", (Formerly "Independent" Newspaper), mutated in a mouth-piece for petty partisan aims ? 

What a pitty for the formelky independent French Newspaper "Le Monde", which was of a notoriously good quality back in the 1960ies and 1970ies, but was gradually degraded since the 1980ies, until it fell down to an abysmal low particularly after the Iraq invasion war, since mid 2004, resulting in a grave financial crisis since 2007-2008..

It seems that there was, at least, a slight chance to start becoming a really European Media, with financial participations from Switzerland, Italy, etc., as well as a French Magazine, and a solid, big TeleCommunication Enterprise, which aims to develop new Digital Web activities. All those who were close to the original "Le Monde"'s historic founder, Hubert Beuve-Mery, reportedly preferred this solution.

But, finally, a small group among the remaining Staff reportedly was pushed to vote in favour of selling "Le Monde" to  a few Businessmen (including 2 controversial figures), without any Media experience in Press activities, which is notoriously linked with a former "Socialist" unlucky candidate to the 2007 Presidential Election, Mrs (pardon, now : "Ms") Segolene Royal, which failed with a large distance from Winner Frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy, and was, afterwards, also distanced inside the Socialist Party itself by her competitor, Aubry, (in coalition with all the other, "anti-Ségolène" politicians, such as Paris' Mayor Delanoye, former Prime Minister Fabius, IMF Head Straus Kahn, etc.

The most important : Without any public debate on social or political ideas of substance, totally hidden to its former readers..

In brief :  Good Bye "le Monde", R.I.P. !...