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Staff of French film magazine quit en masse
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A man attends the 'La aventura de los Cahiers' show (the Adventures of the Cahiers) dedicated to French cinema magazine, Les Cahiers du Cinema founded in 1951, part of the European Cinema Festival of Sevilla, on Nov. 6, 2005. (AFP/Samuel Aranda)
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he entire journalistic staff of the Cahiers du cinema -- the film magazine that launched the French New Wave -- have resigned from the influential title.
The monthly which once employed legends like Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut before they went on to change cinema history, was sold earlier this month to a group of film producers and tech tycoons.
But its 15 staff writers and editors said the new owners posed a danger to the magazine's cherished independence.
"The new shareholders include eight producers who create a conflict of interest for a critical publication," the journalists said in a statement.
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"Whatever articles are published, there would be a suspicion of interference," they added.
They are also unhappy that the new owners want to turn the often earnest review into a more relaxed and "fashionable" read.
"Les Cahiers has always been engaged, taking clear positions," the statement added.
The magazine's new management has yet to respond to the mass resignation.
