The president of the public radio group since 2018 has announced her decision to be a candidate for her own succession, Tuesday, September 6, before the employees.
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Tree of suspense. The president of Radio France, Sibyle Veil, is a candidate for her own succession at the head of the radio group. “I am happier here than nowhere else,” she said at the end of the morning to employees of the Maison de la Radio and Musique, during an intervention of ten minutes. “You can count on me to defend the radio,” she continued in substance.
The uncertainty around this candidacy was relative. While the audiences of public antennas are constantly progressing, and digital developments continue (podcasts, social networks, connected speakers), Sibyle Veil has solid arguments to convince members of the Audiovisual Communication Regulatory Authority and digital (Arcom, ex-CSA) of renewing it into its functions. “I want to continue to wear what I think, she explains in the world. I believe in this very beautiful business, and I am aware of the honor that it represents to be there.”
At the end of June, however, the manager announced in an interview in Le Figaro (June 23), “wanting to know the project for public audiovisual” before “committing”, promising to position herself before fall. In front of the employees, she once again admitted to ignore in “what framework” the public audiovisual will evolve “in the next five years”. But the decision taken this summer by the power to substitute for the fee, deleted, an affected tax, “is rather encouraging, she adds today. This evolution is positive, especially as the independence of our houses is fragile and must be protected “.
” A woman from Radio France “
While before the senators, the Minister of Culture Rima Abdul-Malak said he was open to all the options for public audiovisual, Sibyle Veil has always repeated her opposition to any merger with France Télévisions.
Aged 44 years old, this enarch from the same promotion as Emmanuel Macron has been CEO of Radio France since April 2018. Then delegated director responsible for operations and finances for three years, she had succeeded Mathieu Gallet when the CSA had dismissed the latter of his functions, after his conviction for favoritism when he headed the National Institute of Audiovisual. Seven years after entering 116 avenue du President-Kennedy, M me veil is “no longer just a woman on public service”, but “a woman from Radio France”, she entrusted to his troops.
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