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