INFO LE FIGARO – The former deputy general director of LCI is to replace Marc-Olivier Fogiel.
Fabien Namias will be able to join BFMTV very soon. According to our information, the new director of the news channel owned by CMA CGM, the group of the shipping company Rodolphe Saadé, will be in his post from October 2nd. The former deputy general director of LCI must replace Marc-Olivier Fogiel, the general director of BFMTV for five years, who will leave the channel.
This summer, BFMTV had carried out a major reorganization of its staff. Jean-Philippe Baille, the former news director of Radio France and director of Franceinfo, will succeed Hervé Béroud, who is leaving for M6, as deputy general director of news at RMC BFM on October 1st. However, no date had been announced regarding the arrival of Fabien Namias. « He will be here and we look forward to welcoming him. The sooner the better. », Nicolas de Tavernost, vice-president of CMA Media and CEO of BFM and RMC, confided in the columns of Le Figaro at the end of August.
The situation has clearly been resolved in recent days. Bound by a nine-month non-compete clause, Fabien Namias could theoretically have had to wait until the end of April. According to our information, Rodolphe Belmer, CEO of TF1, very recently met with Rodolphe Saadé, the new owner of BFMTV. Fabien Namias will ultimately have waited a little over two months before joining LCI’s competitor. The two men have clearly reached a “gentlemen’s agreement”.
