Samuel Étienne is preparing to leave that of the France News channel. The 52-year-old journalist and host submitted his resignation several weeks ago.

At France News, the public channel intends to relaunch in September, with a significantly modified schedule. With 0.7% PDA on average in May, it is still last among news channels behind BFMTV (2.9%), LCI ( 2.2%) and Cnews (1.2%). The channel of the TF 1 group will launch in September a new morning, entrusted to Jean-Baptiste Boursier.