Groupe Figaro

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In figures

555

Million euros in 2023 sales

2,000

Employees

500

Journalists

Groupe Figaro

Presentation

Groupe Figaro is a group active in diverse media and service fields. 

A newspaper publisher since 1826, Le Figaro’s editorial selection is wholly accessible via its printed, digital, and audiovisual channels of information. Groupe Figaro is also a French leader in online news with several sites and features diversified activities in the fields of travel and services.

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Groupe Figaro

Organization

Business sector

Groupe Figaro conducts business in six domains: media, advertising, classifieds, e-service, e-commerce, and travel. The group is hence home to a vast array of offers and an abundance of talent.

Subsidiaries

- Figaro Classifieds
- CCM Benchmark Group
- Les Maisons du Voyage
- Marco Vasco
- Ticketac
- Particulier et Finances Editions

Directors

- Marc Feuillée, CEO 

- Jean-Luc Breysse, Deputy CEO 

- Alexis Brézet, Editor-in-chief of Le Figaro

- Aurore Domont, Chair of Media Figaro

Innovation

Le Figaro is a powerful and indispensable player in the field of digital news. The Le Figaro website, the leading French current events platform, recently enhanced its local news coverage in several cities and features an extensive portfolio of both print and digital subscribers.

More generally, Groupe Figaro is positioned as the number one digital media group in France thanks to the cumulative audience of Le Figaro, Gala, and the pure play companies publishing under CCM Benchmark including Le Journal des Femmes, Le Journal du Net, Droit-Finances, L’Internaute, etc., as well as La Chaîne Météo. These brands, particularly Le Figaro, Madame Figaro and Gala, enjoy a extensive presence on social networks.

Le Figaro recently bolstered its omnichannel strategy with the launch of Le Figaro TV and Le Figaro Radio.

Innovation

Careers

Because every story matters.

At Groupe Figaro, your story matters. It enriches our pool of talents, helping us pursue our growth at the crossroads of savoir-faire, creativity and innovation. As an indispensable media and digital player in France, we firmly believe in the power of individual and collective expression. Through the diversity of our professions and business activities, the projects we create build a future in which every story can resonate.

Discover Le Figaro Group with Olivier Lauréant, Le Figaro Human Resources Director

Careers

Le Figaro TV

Launched in April 2023, Le Figaro TV is a decrypting and cultural channel based in the Paris region. Its programming schedule is made up of 50% decrypting programs (including Le Figaro's flagship programs such as “Clubs”, “Le Buzz TV” and new themed magazines such as “Paris d'école”, “Le Figaro la Nuit”, “Le Figaro Immo”, etc.) and 50% cultural programs, each day of the week focusing on a specific theme (History, Discovery, Culture, Heritage, Live Entertainment, Art of Living) through documentaries, magazines or reports.

Le Figaro TV is available on DTT channel 34 in the Île-de-France region, on all telecom operators' set-top boxes, and now on TF1+ and MyCanal, the two biggest video streaming platforms. The channel is also available on the Figaro website and app.

Key figures:

500 journalists from Le Figaro's editorial staff are involved in creating the channel's content

The channel devotes 3 hours a day to the Île-de-France region, with a daily feature called “Bienvenue en Ile-de-France” (Welcome to the region).

18 Figaro productions on the schedule, including new programs launched in late 2023: “Esprit d'Entreprise”, “Terres des Hommes” and “Conversations Madame Figaro”, and more recently in 2024: “L'Appel du large”.

Le Figaro TV

Gala

Gala is a model of multi-media success: with a women's weekly that stands out for its unique format, the largest on the market, a gala.fr website - 1st in the ACPM women's rankings, powerful social networks - 1st European TikTok media account, event dailies like the Gala Croisette at the Cannes Film Festival. “Offering great destinies” is the promise made by Gala to its readers, who for over 30 years have been able to discover through interviews and reports and today in real time moments of intimacy and unique emotion with celebrities, as well as the latest fashion, beauty and lifestyle trends.

Key figures:

- A multi-media editorial team of 70 journalists

- A global brand that arouses the emotions of 14.3 million French people

Gala & TikTok:

- 13.6 million subscribers on TikTok = 1st media on the platform in Europe, and 3rd media worldwide (behind ESPN and Nickelodeon)

- 3,800 videos published by 2023

Gala has 15.8 million subscribers on all its social accounts

Gala

In a few dates

1826

Creation by Maurice Alhoy and Etienne Arago

Creation as a small, semi-weekly literary periodical

1866

Le Figaro became a daily paper

November 16, 1866, under the leadership of Hippolyte de Villemessant, Le Figaro became a daily paper that touched on more political, literary, and social issues

1894

Dreyfus case

Emile Zola's letter “J'accuse...!” makes the front page of L'Aurore.

1942

Le Figaro sabotages itself

On November 11, under the pressure of the Occupation and censorship, Le Figaro was scuttled: Pierre Brisson, who became director of Le Figaro in 1934, decided to stop publishing the title.

1944

Figaro rebirth

August 25 marks the official rebirth of Le Figaro

1975

Le Figaro acquisition

1975: Le Figaro was acquired by Robert Hersant

1978

Figaro Magazine

Spring 1978: creation of Le Figaro Magazine

1985

Launch of Madame Figaro

Under the leadership of Marie-Claire Pauwels, launch of Madame Figaro, a weekend supplement to Le Figaro distributed together with Le Figaro Magazine, and creation of Le Figaro Economie-Entreprises

1987

Creation of Figaro TV

Creation of Figaro TV, later renamed TV Magazine

2004

Dassault Group took over Le Figaro

Dassault Group took over Le Figaro, then headed by Nicolas Beytout and Francis Morel

2007

Tiketac acquisition

Acquisition of the online ticketing service Ticketac

2008

Météo Consult acquisition

Acquisition of the company Météo Consult, including La Chaîne Météo

2011

Marc Feuillée named CEO

In February 2011, Marc Feuillée named CEO of Groupe Figaro

2012

Alexis Brézet becomes Editor-in-chief

In July 2012, Alexis Brézet took over from Etienne Mougeotte as Editor-in-chief

2015

Groupe CCM Benchmark acquisition

In October 2015: Le Figaro acquired Groupe CCM Benchmark 

2016

Acquisition of Les Maisons du Voyage

In December 2016, acquisition of Les Maisons du Voyage

2018

Acquisition of Marco Vasco

Acquisition of Marco Vasco

2019

Acquisition of BEMOVE and GoldenBees

Acquisition of the companies BEMOVE and GoldenBees

2023

Acquisition of the weekly magazine Gala

In November 2023, acquisition of the weekly magazine Gala

2023

Le Figaro TV and Le Figaro Radio

Launch of Le Figaro TV and Le Figaro Radio

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