In less than a week, Xavier Niel could add a new asset to his rich media portfolio: France-Antilles . It is indeed on March 10 that the Commercial Court of Fort-de-France will decide whether or not to validate the offer made on Monday by the businessman for the takeover of the only daily newspaper in Martinique , Guadeloupe and Guyana.
The arrival of Xavier Niel, co-shareholder of the Le Monde group, of the Mediawan holding company, and holder of symbolic stakes in the media (recently, Cahiers du cinema ), created the surprise. In financial difficulty, and in the absence of a solid recovery plan, France-Antilles had shut down in early February by court order. The 235 employees of the press group were about to receive their dismissal letters when the founder of Free expressed his sudden interest in the daily overseas.
This movement took place a few days after Xavier Niel, via his personal holding company
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