Another bridge between the Canal + group and Europe 1, which have Vincent Bolloré as majority shareholder.
This time, it is the weekend that new synergies will be put in place.
Thomas Lequertier's morning show on CNews will also be broadcast on Europe 1 on weekends.
On this slice, he will therefore replace Bérénice Bourgueil.
The Belgian host had nevertheless negotiated a big contract by leaving the antennas of the RTL group, for which she had worked since 1992, in order to join Europe 1. According to our information, the station will entrust her with a new program.
Another consequence: Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, who returned to Europe 1 last weekend for the morning interview, will also be on CNews at 8:15 am, from this Saturday.
"I am delighted," he confides to us.
And that doesn't surprise me.
With Étienne Mougeotte, we were already at the initiative of the merger between Antenne 2 and Europe 1 at the time.
BFMTV did it with RMC.
It is now up to us to create a combat alliance.
"In addition, this adviser to Vincent Bolloré castigates BFMTV who would have, according to him," campaigned for the departure of Eric Zemmour on the air and off the air ":" They drink champagne today, but they are wrong .
Even without Zemmour, CNews and Europe 1 are on the road to recovery.
They can continue to be afraid.
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Already a test with "Punchline"
Europe 1 and CNews recently tested this dual antenna device with “Punchline”, first launched on channel 16 in 2018. Since the start of the school year, this talk show, presented by Laurence Ferrari, has gone from two to three hours. The first hour is broadcast on CNews from 5 to 6 p.m., the second simultaneously on CNews and Europe 1 from 6 to 7 p.m., and the third just on Europe 1 from 7 to 8 p.m.
Other faces of the Canal + group's news channel have also become voices of the radio station. Starting with the new morning boy of Europe 1 Dimitri Pavlenko, who also has an appointed seat around the table of “Face à l'Info”, presented by Christine Kelly on CNews. We can also cite Romain Desarbres (CNews), who took over from Patrick Cohen on “Europe Midi”, or William Leymergie (C8) who hosts “Samedi en France” once a week. Just like Laurie Cholewa (Canal +) with “Clap! », And soon Mouloud Achour (Canal +) for an evening musical program. Or Thomas Lerquertier, who already presents “Europe Midi” on weekends.