The unions were admittedly in the preelection period

For eighteen months, the site of the reorganization of information is open to TF1, with a simple philosophy: share the drawing of A means of LCI - the news channel of the group-, LCI radio, West Info and website - TF1 News - to reduce costs. "But it is not a fusion of editors", insists Catherine Nayl, Director of information of TF1. Since the departure of Jean-Claude Dassier in June, she oversees this ultra-sensitive activity in the one with Eric Revel, pattern of REBA, and Pascal Edmond, Director Deputy of LCI support radio and Internet activities. In the accounts of the audio-visual subsidiary of Bouygues, information, locomotive of the hearing, weighs heavy. In 2009, an overall budget of EUR 147 million he spent, down 6.6 million the previous year. Three hundred and forty-six journalists are assigned to this activity, including 232 to one, 100 to REBA and 14 to West Info, which includes the offices of Brest, Caen and Nantes.

Since June 2008, most journalists are invited to collaborate further to all antennas, radio, and also on the Internet TF1 News site, in support of its dedicated team of 16 employees (integrated in the workforce of REBA). The all-info string can also be used touring images by the one and vice versa. To paste this new organization, from next year, a computer tool TF1, LCI and the Web, production and dissemination, the PSN2, will be implemented. The idea is to avoid duplicates without calling into question the identity of each string and deteriorate the quality of the programmes offered to the public. Knowing that, in the device, the "JT" of the flagship TF1 remain priority.

Economy of means

This new organization was accompanied by an economy of means which is somewhat grind teeth internally. Last year, a two-year training plan was launched for all journalists so that in addition to writing their subjects, they are able to turn them and mount them. "Since January, 20 of the subjects are manufactured with teams of two people instead of three," admits Director of information of TF1.

Taken in the reform movement, employees have several times expressed their States of mind. At the time of the resignation of the two Axel Duroux, late October, the SDJ No.1 "regretted this departure", noting that Axel Duroux "had been guarantor of the independence of his work with any kind of pressure and had aroused hope among the journalists." In mid-November, a petition expressing fear of lowering the quality of information disseminated by the LCI was then circulated internally. The unions were, admittedly, in the pre-election period. Which would, according to some, explained the rise of tensions. Since then, the calm returned. But the construction of the information, he is not at all be closed. The reflection is particularly committed to watch how to evolve the LCI model, pay all-info string, which only a quarter of the income from advertising. Innovative at the time of its creation in 1994, it now faces competition from two free info strings: iTélé and BFM TV. And, for the TF1 group, it represents an important home losses, despite the EUR 15 million paid by the distributors of the chain (supplier of Internet access, satellite or cable operator). In 2008, LCI, taken in isolation, has lost EUR 11 million. On the subject, the subsidiary of Bouygues is prohibited no runway.