Conservative billionaire Vincent Bollore, the owner of the Hachette group, pledged on Sunday to find new authors to replace the some 170 who have left the prestigious subsidiary Grasset in protest at alleged political interference. The protest was ‌triggered ​by the departure of Grasset's chief executive, Olivier Nora, which the authors blame on Bollore, who is known for his highly conservative views and has shifted his outlets ever further to the right. In a commentary published by the Journal