A FRENCH BILD?

Axel Springer will launch a new paid-for daily in France this fall modeled after its German tabloid Bild.

While Axel Springer would not confirm the information, it seems that the group plans to print 600,000 copies and charge 0,50 euro each, according to a report in Le Parisien. Didier Pourquery is leaving his post with Metro and will reportedly head the new publication.

In March, CEO Mathias Döpfner told the Financial Times Deutschland that France is a “country with potential.”

Good news, and a hard lesson to the French publishers.