The 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.
"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.
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