| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Vincent Montagne |
| Industry | Publishing, Media |
| Products | Comics, DVDs, magazines |
| Revenue | €302 million (2007) |
| Employees | 900 (2009) |
| Subsidiaries | Dupuis, Dargaud, Le Lombard, Fleurus |
| Website | [1] |
Média-Participations is a French media concern, controlled by a Belgian holding concern, specialized in Franco-Belgian comics. It has some forty publishers in its portfolio, including Dupuis, Dargaud, Le Lombard and Fleurus.
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History
Média-Participations was created in 1986 by Rémy Montagne, a politician who had been a member of the French Parliament for three decades before starting in the publishing business. After his death in 1991, he was succeeded by his son Vincent. The company was first called Ampère and focused on the acquisition of a number of struggling Christian publishing houses like Fleurus. In 1986, the group changed its name to Média-Participations and focused more on Franco-Belgian comics, which started when they acquired Le Lombard in 1986 and Dargaud in 1988.
In 2004, Média-Participations acquired Dupuis after a bid on Editis failed. In 2008, Média-Participations renewed its bid on Editis, now for more than €1 bllion.[1]
The publisher is now the third largest publisher of France, and the major European Franco-Belgian comics publisher.[2] Of the 32 million books pubklished a year, 20 million are comics. Magazine sales also reach 30 million copies a year.
Current structure
Comics
Comics and manga are published by six different publishers: the general audience publishers of Franco-Belgian comics Dupuis, Dargaud and Le Lombard, the publisher of manga Kana, and the specialized publishers Lucky Comics (for Lucky Luke) and Blake et Mortimer.
Animation
- Citel Vidéo
- Kana Home Video
- Dargaud Media
- Dupuis Audiovisuel
Magazines
- Spirou, published by Dupuis
- Famille Chrétienne, published by Edifa
- different magazines by Rustica, including Système D
Books
- Editions Chronique for thematic publications
- Le Ballon for childrens books
- Fleurus for a wide variety of books, including many children's books
Notes
- ^ "Media-Participations makes over 1 bln eur bid for Wendel's Editis". Forbes. 28 March 2008. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2008/03/28/afx4825213.html. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
- ^ David, Christian (1 October 2004). "Vincent Montagne géant discret de l'édition" (in French). L'Expansion. http://www.lexpansion.com/economie/vincent-montagne-geant-discret-de-l-edition_22808.html. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
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