Highlights

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Key dates

  • March 2009
  • A Saturday edition of Le Journal du Dimanche hit the newsstands, and Paris Match celebrated its 60th anniversary.
  • April 2009
  • Public accelerated its roll-out and launched Public Look, which went quarterly in June.
  • June 2009
    HFM US sold 5 special-interest magazines to the Bonnier Corp. and is strategically refocusing on its target segments: women and cars.
  • August 2009
    ELLE cut its sales price and strengthened its leading position among high-end women's magazines.
  • September 2009
    Lagardère Entertainment enhanced its position in the production of studio-based shows with the acquisition of Carson Prod and Electron Libre. Elleshop.jp, an e-commerce site, launched in Japan, based on a partnership set up with Sumitomo.
  • October 2009
    Mezzo was named "best music channel" in Russia and announced the Spring 2010 launch of Mezzo HD, a new 100% native HD channel that operates 24/24.
  • November 2009
    Nextedia became Nextidea, a new model of consulting agency in digital marketing.
  • December 2009
    Lagardère Active reached a total of 11 applications rolled out on smartphones in France, with 2 million downloads.
    The successful musical comedy, Mozart L'Opéra Rock, co-produced by Lagardère Active, reached 500,000 ticket sales.
  • January 2010
    Europe 1 became the No. 3 radio in France with 9.9% of the cumulative audience (5 million listeners/day).


Leading positions

One of the world's leading publishers of general-audience magazines

  • N°1 magazine publisher in France in terms of paid distribution in 2009
  • N°1 group of private music radio stations in Russia, Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic
  • N°3 radio in France with Europe 1
  • N°2 French media group on the internet, with about 16 million unique visitors every month
  • N°2 media-buying agency in France, with 165 media brands (own brands and outside publishers)
  • N°2 audiovisual production group in France (drama and comedy, studio shows and animation)
  • N°1 French producer of drama and comedy (7 shows in the top 100 and 111 hours of programmes)


Key figures for 2009

Advertising sales represented 54 % of total sales in 2009

  • 46 % of Lagardère Active sales generated internationally
  • 71 % of total sales were made by the Magazine Press
  • 212 titles published around the world
  • Global presence in 45 countries
  • 42 editions of ELLE magazine worldwide
  • 29 radio stations worldwide (with nearly 44 million daily listeners)
  • 10 special-interest television channels worldwide
  • 80 million unique visitors per month (non-duplicated)
  • 800 hours of audiovisual programmes produced
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The group's key figures

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