Yann Barthès

Yann Romain Barthès (born 9 October 1974) is a French journalist, TV presenter and producer, best known for hosting the television segment Le Petit Journal and the TV talk show Quotidien.

Yann Barthès
Barthès in January 2019
Born	Yann Romain Barthès (1974-10-09) 9 October 1974 (age 50) Chambéry, France
Alma mater	Bordeaux Montaigne University
Occupation	Television journalist
Years active	2002–present

Life and career

Barthes was born on 9 octobre 1974 in Chambéry, France.^[1] He initially studied English at the University of Savoy in Chambéry before switching to journalism, which he studied from 1995 and 1998 at the Institute of Information Science and Communication at the Bordeaux-Montaigne University, in Bordeaux.^[1]

Barthès became a journalist in 2002 on the show + Clair,^[1] a weekly program dealing with media issues, which aired on Saturday afternoons on Canal +.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004, he joined the TV programme Le Grand Journal, where 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^[2] and that Barthès and his team would begin two new programmes to be broadcast on the channels TMC and TF1 later in the year,^[3] including the daily show Quotidien. Quotidien was first broadcast on TMC on 12 September 2016.^[4]

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