The press asks Bercy for help in the face of the soaring paper

6/10/2022, 8:55:20 PM

The economic model of French daily newspapers is weakened by soaring prices. After the warning issued in April at Matignon, the press is now turning to Bercy. In a note sent to the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, in early June, the Alliance de la presse d'information générale (Apig), which represents 300 national and regional titles, requests emergency financial aid for weakened newspapers by soaring paper prices. “The previous government did not seem to have take

After the warning issued in April at Matignon, the press is now turning to Bercy.

In a note sent to the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, in early June, the Alliance de la presse d'information générale (Apig), which represents 300 national and regional titles, requests emergency financial aid for weakened newspapers by soaring paper prices.

“The previous government did not seem to have taken the measure of the situation.
We hope that the newcomer will become aware of this”

, confides Pierre Petillault, general manager of Apig.

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In one year, a ton of newsprint has gone from 485 euros to 800 euros.

This situation is considered economically unsustainable by publishers, since the purchase of paper represents more than a third of the cost of manufacturing a newspaper... For the entire press sector, the additional cost is thus estimated at 100 million euros , according to the document.