Who acquired a controlling stake in Le Monde in June 2010?
Matthieu Pigasse, Pierre Bergé, Xavier Niel
Bernard Arnault, Vincent Bolloré, François Pinault
Jean-Marie Colombani, Érik Izraelewicz, Louis Dreyfus
Alain Minc, Claude Perdriel, Serge July
Answer
In June 2010, French investors Matthieu Pigasse, Pierre Bergé, and Xavier Niel acquired a controlling stake in Le Monde. The newspaper was seeking new investors to keep the company out of bankruptcy due to large debt loads from its expansion.
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