Jean-Noël Jeanneney (born 2 April 1942, in Grenoble) is a French historian and politician.
Beginning at the rue d'Ulm campus of the École Normale Supérieure, he later studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (IEP) (lit.
He took interest in the evolution of print media (newspapers and periodicals), of radio, and of television.
Jeanneney subsequently changed his focus, from external study to actual participation in mass media.
[1] Since making his objections known, he has been looking to develop a European digitization program to be run by governmental authorities.