Yann Romain Barthès (born 9 October 1974) is a French journalist, TV presenter and producer, best known for hosting the television programme '' Le Petit Journal'' and ''

Quotidien ''Quotidien'' () is a French television show, first broadcast 12 September 2016 on the channel TMC. It is presented by Yann Barthès. History On 9 May 2016, Yann Barthès announced that he was leaving Canal+'s '' Le Petit Journal'', a progra ...

''.

Life and career

Barthès first studied English at the

University of Savoy Savoy Mont Blanc University (french: Université Savoie Mont Blanc, a.k.a. Chambéry University) is a public university in the region of Savoy, with one campus in Annecy and two around Chambéry. Campuses The university was officially founded ...

Chambéry Chambéry (, , ; Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the prefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. The population of the commune of Chambéry was 58,917 as of 2019, while the population of the Chambér ...

before reorienting to journalism by integrating, between 1995 and 1998, the "Sciences of Information and Communication Institute" at the

Bordeaux Montaigne University Bordeaux Montaigne University (French language, French: ''Université Bordeaux Montaigne''; formerly ''Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3'') is a Lists of universities in France, public university in Pessac, France, approximately 8 kilom ...

, in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

. Barthès became a journalist in 2002 on the show ''+ clair'', a weekly program dealing with media issues, which aired on Saturday afternoons on

Canal + Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or river engineering, engineered channel (geography), channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport watercraft, vehicles (e.g. ...

. In 2004, he joined '' Le Grand Journal'', for which he presented a nightly segment entitled ''Le Petit Journal People'' (''The Little News Report - Celebrities''). From 2007, he also presented ''Le Petit Journal Actu'' (''The Little News Report - Current Events''). In 2011, ''Le Petit Journal'' became a separate program, with Barthès as the main presenter. On 9 May 2016, it was announced that Barthès would be leaving the show after 23 June 2016. On the same day it was announced that Barthès and his team would begin two new programmes to be broadcast on the channels TMC and

TF1 TF1 (; standing for ''Télévision Française 1'') is a French commercial television network owned by TF1 Group, controlled by the Bouygues conglomerate. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network. TF1 is par ...

later in the year. The daily show ''

'' was first broadcast on TMC on 12 September 2016.

TV shows

2004 - 2016 : * ''Le Petit Journal'' - Canal+ Since 2016 : * ''Quotidien'' - TMC * ''Quotidien Express'' - TMC Variations of ''Quotidien'' : * ''Les Q d'Or'' (2016) - TMC * ''Le Tattoo Show'' (2017) - TMC * ''Le Toutou Matou Show'' (2017) - TMC * ''Le Tif Show'' (2017) - TMC * ''Le Summer Show'' (2017) - TMC * ''Les Q d'Or'' 2017 (2017) - TMC

References

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