23 April 2022
Episode 505
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Photo: Damien Grenon
We speak to Louis Dreyfus, CEO of Groupe Le Monde, about the French publication’s English-language digital edition. Plus: ‘Astra’, a new international literature magazine.
23 April 2022
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We speak to Louis Dreyfus, CEO of Groupe Le Monde, on the paper’s new English-language digital edition.
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