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Le Monde tells story of French newspaper travails

Forced resignation of paper's editor reveals the wider problems facing French newspapers as they battle to come to terms with the digital age.

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On the day that the New York Times, venerable titan of the US press, sacked its editor, the same thing happened in France at Le Monde, the country’s similarly liberal – and earnest – flagship newspaper, reports The Financial Times.

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