Far away is good
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Pierre Lamunière doesn't think much of Hebdo competitionWhy go far away, look, the good is so close? What applies to almost all Swiss media companies does not affect Edipresse. Pierre Lamunière, head of the French-speaking Swiss media house, is investing in the Iberian peninsula and is letting rumors be rumors, with the industry recently puzzling over whether Lamunière is planning a weekly news magazine to take the wind out of the sails of Ringier's flagship Hebdo, which is currently floundering without fortune. But when asked by "Tagesschau" journalist Darius Rochebin whether he didn't feel like challenging Ringier, the media mogul was all sibylline. It is always interesting for him to think about new launches.
Lamunière was more specific to WerbeWoche. He assured us that he had no such project in the pipeline. Instead, his publishing house wants to strengthen its commitment abroad. The focus would be on expanding in those European countries where Edipresse is already operating successfully.
He increased his stake in the Portuguese media group ACJ from 33.3 to 50% and raised CHF 34 million for the deal. Edipresse and the Impresa Group bought the stake of their previous third partner Abril Jovem Investments. ACJ is the leader in the Portuguese magazine market and had a turnover of over 66 million euros last year. With its involvement in Spain, Edipresse is becoming an important player in the Iberian media market, where revenues are currently somewhat more encouraging than in the still important domestic market. In French-speaking Switzerland, meanwhile, the media boss's hands are tied. The Competition Commission has postponed its decision on the purchase of the Corbaz Group in Montreux (WW 19/02) by a further two months because it allegedly lacked important information to make a decision.
The Edipresse patron only appears to be taking this delay in his stride. After all, he has to stand idly by and watch as the French publisher Hersant, who already secured the Neuchâtel dailies L'Impartial and L'Express in the spring, has continued his shopping spree in Cossonay in the canton of Vaud. With the acquired Journal du district de Cossonay, the French publisher is competing with the Edipresse newspaper Journal de Morges.
Anita Vaucher
Lamunière was more specific to WerbeWoche. He assured us that he had no such project in the pipeline. Instead, his publishing house wants to strengthen its commitment abroad. The focus would be on expanding in those European countries where Edipresse is already operating successfully.
He increased his stake in the Portuguese media group ACJ from 33.3 to 50% and raised CHF 34 million for the deal. Edipresse and the Impresa Group bought the stake of their previous third partner Abril Jovem Investments. ACJ is the leader in the Portuguese magazine market and had a turnover of over 66 million euros last year. With its involvement in Spain, Edipresse is becoming an important player in the Iberian media market, where revenues are currently somewhat more encouraging than in the still important domestic market. In French-speaking Switzerland, meanwhile, the media boss's hands are tied. The Competition Commission has postponed its decision on the purchase of the Corbaz Group in Montreux (WW 19/02) by a further two months because it allegedly lacked important information to make a decision.
The Edipresse patron only appears to be taking this delay in his stride. After all, he has to stand idly by and watch as the French publisher Hersant, who already secured the Neuchâtel dailies L'Impartial and L'Express in the spring, has continued his shopping spree in Cossonay in the canton of Vaud. With the acquired Journal du district de Cossonay, the French publisher is competing with the Edipresse newspaper Journal de Morges.
Anita Vaucher
