Hachette Filipacchi Médias, S.A. (HFM) is a magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 publisher. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lagardère Media

Lagardère Media

Lagardère Active is the media activities arm of the French Lagardère Group. Its subsidiaries include Lagardère's radio operations and the magazine publisher Hachette Filipacchi Médias.-External links:* extensive profile...

 of France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

History

Hachette Filipacchi was founded by Louis Hachette in 1826 when he purchased the Librarie Brédif. Hachette was purchased by Matra

Matra

Mécanique Aviation Traction or Matra was a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to automobile, bicycles, aeronautics and weaponry. In 1994, it became a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group and now operates under that name.Matra was owned by the Floirat family...

 in 1980, a firm associated with Ténot

Franck Ténot

Frank Ténot was a press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic. He managed a number of publications over the course of his long association with Daniel Filipacchi....

 & Filipacchi

Daniel Filipacchi

Daniel Filipacchi is the Chairman Emeritus of Hachette Filipacchi Médias.His life and career have been noted for his passionate involvement in art collecting, photography, and jazz...

. Hachette Filipacchi was nationalised in 1981 but remained a publicly traded firm.

Publications in France

In France, Hachette Filipacchi Media publishes 47 magazines, including Action Auto Moto, Elle France

Elle (magazine)

Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...

, Entrevue, France Dimanche

France Dimanche

France Dimanche is a French weekly celebrity newsmagazine published by Hachette with a circulation of about 450,000.-Sources:*...

, Ici Paris

Ici Paris

Ici Paris is a French magazine, founded in 1941. In 1986 it had a circulation of 700,000 papers and in 2006, a more modest circulation of 405,000.It is owned by Lagardère. During World War II it was a journal of the resistance, with editors such as Raymond Burgard, Émile Coornaert, Suzanne...

, Joystick

Joystick

A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...

, Le Journal de Mickey

Le Journal de Mickey

Le Journal de Mickey is a French weekly comics magazine established in 1934 and currently published by Disney Hachette Presse. It is centered around the adventures of Mickey Mouse and other Disney figures but contains also other comics. It is credited with "the birth of the modern bande dessinée"...

, Parents

Parents (magazine)

Parents, published by Meredith Corporation, is the oldest parenting publication in the U.S. It was first published in October 1926.Its editorial focus is on the daily needs and concerns of mothers with young children. The glossy monthly features information about child health, safety, behavior,...

, Paris Match

Paris Match

Paris Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost....

, Jeune & Jolie, Pariscope

Pariscope

Pariscope is a popular weekly magazine available at Parisian newsstands and is published by Hachette Filipacchi Médias.The Pariscope printed magazine covers the current and forthcoming entertainment events in Paris over the coming week, including theatre, music and films.Pariscope was established...

, Photo

Photo (French magazine)

Photo is a French magazine , about photography, previously published 10 times a year by Hachette Filipacchi Médias, and currently owned by Magweb. It concentrates on the artistic aspects of photography, rather than technical aspects...

, Première

Premiere (magazine)

Premiere was an American and New York City-based film magazine published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., published between the years 1987 and 2007. The original version of the magazine, Première , was started in France in 1976 and is still being published there.-History:The magazine originally...

, Télé 7 Jours

Télé 7 Jours

Télé 7 Jours is a French weekly magazine published by Hachette Filipacchi Médias. It publishes news and materials relating to French radio and television programming.-History:...

, Top Famille Magazine and TV Hebdo. It also publishes dailies La Provence

La Provence

La Provence is a French daily newspaper founded in 1997 and published in Marseille. It was created in Marseille from the merger of two daily newspapers, Le Provençal and the Le Méridional, which was bought by Gaston Defferre....

, Nice-Matin or Corse Presse. HFM also owns 25% of Éditions Philippe Amaury

Éditions Philippe Amaury

Éditions Philippe Amaury , also known as Groupe EPA or the Amaury Group, is a French media group. Marie-Odile Amaury, widow of Philippe Amaury owns a majority of the company....

, which publishes Le Parisien

Le Parisien

Le Parisien is a French daily newspaper covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris and its suburbs. It was established as Le Parisien libéré by Émilien Amaury in 1944, and the name was changed to the current one in 1986...

, L'Equipe

L'Équipe

L'Équipe is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sports, owned by Éditions Philippe Amaury. The paper is noted for coverage of football , rugby, motorsports and cycling...

and other sport magazines.

External links

• Official Website