Groupe Figaro
Groupe Figaro is a French media conglomerate owned by Dassault Group.[1] The company contains some of the core assets of the now extinguished Socpresse that Dassault purchased in 2006. Dassault renamed its press holdings as "Groupe Figaro" in 2011.[2]
Holdings
[edit]Groupe Figaro owns Le Figaro, Madame Figaro, TV Magazine, Le Figaro Histoire, Le Figaro Magazine, Figaro Golf, Figaro SantĂ©, Figaro enchĂšres, Figaro nautisme and Figaro Bourse. As of 2016, its revenues were âŹ520 million and it had 1,500 employees.[1]
Groupe Figaro also owns CCM Benchmark Group, which owns L'Internaute, Le Journal des Femmes, and several other publications. In Brazil, it owns the Portuguese-language A Revista da Mulher. In Italy, it owns the Magazine delle Donne.[3]
Ownership
[edit]Its ownership by Serge Dassault was long a source of controversy in terms of conflict-of-interest, as Dassault also owned a major military supplier and served in political positions from the Union for a Popular Movement party. His son Olivier Dassault has been a member of the French National Assembly for 18 years, while at the same time holding several positions at Dassault Group and its subsidiaries, including its media subsidiaries.[4][5][6][7] Serge Dassault remarked in an interview in 2004 on the public radio station France Inter that "newspapers must promulgate healthy ideas" and that "left-wing ideas are not healthy ideas."[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Groupe Dassault - Groupe Figaro". www.dassault.fr.
- ^ Joux Alexandre (2017). "StratĂ©gies de marques et stratĂ©gies Ă©ditoriales du Groupe Figaro". RĂ©seaux (in French). 205 (5): 117â143. doi:10.3917/res.205.0117. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
le choix en 2011 du nom Groupe Figaro, pour remplacer celui, historique, de la Socpresse, est symbolique de l'investissement stratégique du groupe dans sa marque phare
- ^ "CCM Benchmark Group". www.ccmbenchmark.com.
- ^ "Socpresse : Une restructuration en bonne voie". Stratégie. 24 May 2002. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2020..
- ^ "Organigramme". Dassault.fr..
- ^ Marie Bordet (23 December 2011). "Ăa plane pour Olivier Dassault - Succession. Le fils aĂźnĂ© de Serge Dassault prend la tĂȘte du holding familial. Rencontre avec l'hĂ©ritier". Le Point. Retrieved 26 October 2018..
- ^ "Serge Dassault donne la prĂ©fĂ©rence Ă son fils Olivier pour lui succĂ©der l'heure venue". Les Ăchos. 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2020..
- ^ "M. Dassault veut une presse aux « idées saines »", Le Monde, 12 December 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2007.