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{{short description|Venezuelan businessperson (born 1941)}}
'''Marcel Granier Haydon''' (born July 4, 1941) is a [[Venezuela]]n [[businessperson]]. He is the [[President (corporate title)|President]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Empresas 1BC]] and the [[General Director]] of [[RCTV|Radio Caracas Televisión]] (RCTV), which until becoming a cabelcable TV-channel on May 27, 2007, was the most watched television channel in Venezuela.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/05/29/venezuela.media/index.html TV station chief: We are not afraid of Chavez - CNN.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Biography==
Marcel Granier was born on July 4, 1941, to Marcel Granier Doyeux and Brígida Haydon Urbaneja.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tantagente/fam/fam04973.html Marcel GRANIER/Dorothy PHELPS TOVAR<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20010225152153/http://academiasnacionales.gov.ve/mgranier.htm Granier Doyeux, Marcel (Sillón IV)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He attended [[law school]] and later married Dorothy Phelps Tovar, the granddaughter of the founder of Empresas 1BC and [[Radio Caracas Radio]], [[William Henry Phelps]].<ref name="monthlyreviewzerohour">[http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrzine/cm260507.html{{cite news|last1=Ciccariello-Maher|first1=George|authorlink=George Ciccariello-Maher, "|title=Zero Hour for Venezuela's RCTV"<!|url=https://mronline.org/2007/05/26/zero-hour- Bot generated title for-venezuelas->]<rctv/ref>|accessdate=April They have six children together; Marcel Alfredo Granier Phelps2, Carlos2017|work=Monthly EduardoReview|date=May Granier Phelps26, María Cristina Granier Phelps, María Clara Granier Phelps, Isabel Helena Granier Phelps, and Jorge Ignacio Granier Phelps.2007}}</ref name=autogenerated1 /> In 1969, Granier quit practising law and became a director at RCTV, moving up the ranks to his current position.<ref>[http://www.aporrea.org/ddhh/a29236.html{{citation El Mein Kampf de Marcel Granier<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>needed|date=October 2023}} On November 10, 1976, he began hosting ''[[Primer Plano (television show)|Primer Plano]]'', a controversial [[talk show]] that has aired off and on throughout the years, with the most recent show airing on November 30, 2006.<ref>[http://www.rctv.net/Programacion/VerPrograma.aspx?ProgramacionId=28 Rctv.Net<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814071446/http://www.rctv.net/Programacion/VerPrograma.aspx?ProgramacionId=28 |date=2007-08-14 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.rctv.net/Noticias/VerNoticia.aspx?NoticiaId=3807 Rctv.Net<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930152525/http://www.rctv.net/Noticias/VerNoticia.aspx?NoticiaId=3807 |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref>
Marcel Granier and his television network were accused of supporting the [[2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt|2002 coup attempt]] against President [[Hugo Chávez]] and the [[Venezuelan general strike of 2002–2003|2002-2003 general strike]], and the Venezuelan government decided to shutdown the channel in return.<ref>[http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/05/23/en_rctv_art_legal-specifics_23A873247.shtml Daily News - eluniversal.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901211659/http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/05/23/en_rctv_art_legal-specifics_23A873247.shtml |date=2007-09-01 }}</ref> Upon the shutdown, Chavez claimed RCTV would be punished for criticizing the government. Granier and the other directors at the network fight for its return to the public airwaves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rnv.gov.ve/noticias/docs/libro_blanco_RCTV-Web.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-07-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705132422/http://www.rnv.gov.ve/noticias/docs/libro_blanco_RCTV-Web.pdf |archivedate=2007-07-05 }}</ref> Granier claims that this license did not need renewing and that this was an "illegal shutdown" by the government.<ref>[http://www.rctv.net/Noticias/VerNoticia.aspx?NoticiaId=4394 Rctv.Net<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153824/http://www.rctv.net/Noticias/VerNoticia.aspx?NoticiaId=4394 |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> Human rights groups have decried the shutdown, with [[Thor Halvorssen (human rights activist)|Thor Halvorssen]] of the [[Human Rights Foundation]] calling the shut down "the final move in his (Chavez') drive to shut down all independent voices."<ref>{{cite web|title=Hugo and the Media Kings|url=http://thehrf.org/nypost.html|work=[[The New York Post]]|accessdate=April 7, 2013}}</ref>
==Criticism==
Marcel Granier and his television network have been criticized for supporting the [[2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt|April 11, 2002 coup attempt]] against President [[Hugo Chávez]], the brief government of [[Pedro Carmona]], and the general strike that began on December 2, 2002 and lasted until February 4, 2003. These events resulted in the government's refusal to renew RCTV's license to air on the public airwaves.<ref>http://www.rnv.gov.ve/noticias/docs/libro_blanco_RCTV-Web.pdf</ref> Granier claims that this license did not need renewing and that this was an "illegal shutdown" by the government.<ref>[http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/05/23/en_rctv_art_legal-specifics_23A873247.shtml Daily News - eluniversal.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In the meantime, RCTV continues to broadcast on cable and satellite television, while Granier and the other directors at the network fight for its return to the public airwaves.<ref>[http://www.rctv.net/Noticias/VerNoticia.aspx?NoticiaId=4394 Rctv.Net<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> For more information on this subject, see [[RCTV|RCTV's main article]].
== Personal life ==
They have six children together; Marcel Alfredo Granier Phelps, Carlos Eduardo Granier Phelps, María Cristina Granier Phelps, María Clara Granier Phelps, Isabel Helena Granier Phelps, and [[Jorge Granier|Jorge Ignacio Granier Phelps]].<ref name=autogenerated1 />
== Publications ==
* La generación de relevo vs. el estado omnipotente (1984)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Granier|first1=Marcel|title=La generación de relevo vs. El Estado omnipotente|date=1984|publisher=Publicaciones Seleven}}</ref>
* Más y mejor democracia (1987)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Granier|first1=Marcel|title=Más y mejor democracia|date=1987|publisher=Grupo Roraima|isbn=980-265-702-6}}</ref>
==See also==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.freedomcollection.org/interviews/marcel_granier/ Marcel Granier] ''[[Freedom Collection]]'' interview
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