news teams of the era, André Frossard, Jules Romains, and Jean Mistler, were all members of the Académie française. Pierre Desproges collaborated with his childhood friend, the judicial journalist and author Annette Kahn. Other journalists who collaborated on L'Aurore: Phillipe Bernet, Gilbert Ganne, Gérald Schurr, Anne Manson, Évelyne Le Garrec, Jean-Claude Goudeau, Jean Laborde, André Sirvin, Alain Riou, Jacques Bouzerand, Bernard Morrot, Francis Schull, Jacques Lesinge, Jacques Malherbes, Jacques Chambaz, André Bloch, Andrée Nordon, Jacques-Marie Bourget, Jean-Michel Saint-Ouen. Hersant period In 1978, after Boussac sold the paper to Marcel Fournier (president of supermarket chain Carrefour), the paper was sold again to Robert Hersant. Francine Lazurick vacated her position as managing director in response, as did the editor at the time, Dominique Pado. Pierre Janrot, a member of the Groupe Hersant publishing conglomerate, replaced Lazurick as managing director of L'Aurore on November 3 that year. Robert Hersant gradually pulled support for the paper, which had previously been a direct competitor to Le Figaro, another Hersant publication. In doing so, he incrementally merged L'Aurore with other publications in the conglomerate. As a result, within several years, L'Aurore had lost its identity as an independent content publication, with the exception of the editorial page, which until 1982 was written by Jacques Guilleme-Brulon (foreign politics) or, more frequently, by Guy Baret (domestic politics). Under their influence, L'Aurore leaned politically rightward in its last days as an independent paper. In 1985, L'Aurore was integrated fully into Le Figaro, though it survived in title, in the Saturday supplement, Le Figaro-L'Aurore. Footnotes External links Underground issues of L'Aurore in Gallica, the digital library of the BnF. 1944 establishments in France 1985 disestablishments in France Publications established in 1944 Publications disestablished in 1985 Defunct newspapers published in France Newspapers published in Paris Daily newspapers published in France