Media: “For a billionaire, it’s important to have relays of connivance”

Patrick Drahi steps up to defend a faltering empire

The businessman Patrick Drahi heads the Altice group, indebted in the world to the tune of 60 billion euros. Despite everything, he ruled out the possibility of separating from the media he owns in France, in particular the BFM television channel and RMC radio. Why do billionaires love the media so much? Some answers with Patrick Eveno, professor emeritus of contemporary history at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, specialist in media history.

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