Le Monde turmoil as takeover looms

Le Monde, France's establishment newspaper, is in turmoil after the resignation of its chairman and deputy chairman amid a power struggle between journalists and shareholders for control of the group. The crisis comes as staff, who have a majority stake in the daily, face the prospect of a takeover by Prisa, the owner of the Spanish paper, El PaÍs, and Lagardère, the French aerospace-to-media conglomerate. The TImes)