International association appoints publisher from French-speaking Switzerland as president
The International Periodicals Association has elected Pierre Lamunière as President. The owner of the French-speaking Swiss publishing group Edipresse replaces Chris Llewellyn.
Pierre Lamunière, owner of the Edipresse publishing group in French-speaking Switzerland, has been appointed President of the International Federation of Periodicals (FIPP) in Beijing. Lamunière told the SDA news agency that he wanted to promote the importance of magazines among readers, advertisers and decision-makers in society. He is convinced that the magazines will retain their central role. The FIPP brings together 287 members from 59 countries. They represent a market in which 110,000 titles generate around 85 billion Swiss francs in advertising alone.
