TF1 Group - Corporate Communications Division

Boulogne-Billancourt, Wednesday, September 9, 2015

The TF1 Group Corporate Communications Division has announced that Anne-Claire Coudray will serve as anchor for the channel’s weekend newscasts beginning Friday, September 18, replacing Claire Chazal.

Anne-Claire Coudray is already well-known to TF1 viewers for covering news stories around the world, in every context, for more than fifteen years. Further, since 2012, she has skillfully served as replacement anchorwoman on the weekend newscasts.

TF1 is very pleased to welcome her to her new role.

For Nonce Paolini, Chairman and Chief Executive of the TF1 Group, “Claire Chazal has expertly embodied TF1’s weekend news coverage for nearly 25 years. I have the greatest esteem for the outstanding relationship she has forged with viewers, as well as for her journalistic qualities, which led TF1 news to serve as the gold standard in the French media landscape. I truly hope that Claire Chazal will figure in the TF1 Group’s future plans.”

For Catherine Nayl, the Group’s Executive Vice-President of News and Information, “With Claire Chazal, we have shared the vast spectrum of emotions born of the coverage of world events. Not only did Claire create strong relationships with every member of the editorial staff, she also knew, without fail, exactly what tone to strike in addressing our audience, even in the tragic moments that are inevitable in newscasting. She is a great journalist and anchor, able to balance all realms of information ranging from politics to culture, making TF1’s weekend newscasts a veritable benchmark for viewers.”