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Lagardère News

In 2020, Lagardère News was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to a decline in advertising revenues.

Press
With 13.6 million readers every month¹ across its various formats, Paris Match sustained its position as France's leading news magazine in 2020, as measured by both audience and circulation. In addition, Le Journal du Dimanche, France's "must-read" weekend paper, totalled 4.2 million monthly readers across its various formats.

Radio
In 2020, 2.7 million listeners² tuned into Europe 1 each day, and listeners downloaded more than 107 million of the station's podcasts³ (up 30% year on year). In addition, Virgin Radio logged more than 1.6 million listeners a day⁴ and made its mark as the radio station that resonates the most with the 25-49 demographic, which represents 71% of its listeners. Lastly, more than two million people listened in to RFM each day⁵, with the station enjoying one of the longest time-spent listening levels in the French music radio market (one hour 35 minutes a day⁶).

Elle brand licence
Elle International, the world's leading women's media network, continued its development in 2020 with highlights including the launch of Elle in Brazil and Kazakhstan and the signing of a worldwide Elle Education licensing agreement. The Elle network also stepped up its game in the non-media licensing business. Its many successes over the year included partnering with Crown in Europe on the Elle Decoration paint collection and with QVC on a women's ready-to-wear fashion line in Japan; launching the Elle Sport, Elle Lingerie and Elle Kids lines in the United Kingdom; and signing a worldwide Elle Decoration wallpaper licensing agreement with Erismann.

2021 challenges
The 2021 outlook primarily depends on the recovery of advertising. Lagardère News remains committed to asserting its identity as a group of influential, creative, impactful media brands. While continuing to optimise costs across the business base, Lagardère News will pursue its core objectives in 2021 of asserting its identity and developing synergies, restoring Europe 1's audience figures, driving faster digital transformation in the Press business, broadening the Elle branded business, growing the radio stations and diversifying the revenue stream.

Lagardère Live Entertainment

Specialised in producing concerts and live shows, as well as venue management, Lagardère Live Entertainment's business was severely affected by the health crisis in 2020 as many tours were rescheduled or cancelled and venues closed in the wake of Covid-19. The primary objective in 2021 will be to resume operations as soon as possible in compliance with any social distancing, reduced capacity and customer journey rules. Adaptability will remain the guiding principle, as it was throughout the past year.

⁽¹⁾ Source: ACPM One Next 2020 V4 / ACPM Brand One Next Global 2020 V4.
⁽²⁾ Source: Médiamétrie 126,000 Radio; 13 years and older; Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-midnight; November-December 2020; cumulative audience.
⁽³⁾ Source: Médiamétrie eStat Podcast; 2020 vs. 2019.
⁽⁴⁾ Source: Médiamétrie 126,000 Radio; 13 years and older; Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-midnight; November-December 2020; cumulative audience.
⁽⁵⁾ Source: Médiamétrie 126,000 Radio; 13 years and older; Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-midnight; November-December 2020; cumulative audience.
⁽⁶⁾ Source: Médiamétrie 126,000 Radio; 13+; average Monday-Friday; 5 a.m.-midnight; November-December 2020 vs. November-December 2019; cumulative audience and time spent listening per listener.