Edipresse

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Edipresse Groupe SA

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legal form Corporation
ISIN CH0003322606
founding 1982 and 1906 (Société de la Feuille d'Avis de Lausanne et des Imprimeries Réunies SA) and 1762 (Feuille d'Avis de Lausanne)
Seat Lausanne , Switzerland
management Pierre Lamunière
Branch Media company
Website www.edipresse.com

The Edipresse Groupe SA is a Swiss media company based in Lausanne . Edipresse publishes over 180 magazines in 13 countries. In 2010/2011 Edipresse ceded its Swiss media activities to the Zurich media company Tamedia and has since concentrated on the international media business, in which the group has been active since 1990. Other important business areas are real estate, especially in French-speaking Switzerland, and internet portals.

history

Edipresse's predecessor was the Société de la Feuille d'Avis de , founded at the end of 1906 by Paul Allenspach, head of the Feuille d'Avis de Lausanne (founded 1762, since 1972 24 heures ), and the print shop owners Charles Viret-Genton and Jules Corba Lausanne et des Imprimeries Réunies SA », which published the two newspapers La Feuille d'Avis de Lausanne and La Tribune de Lausanne (founded in 1893) and was owned by a printing company. In 1910 the printer and publisher Georges-Antoine Bridel joined them. In 1911 the company acquired the Tribune de Lausanne (since 1984 Le Matin ). In 1925 it was bought by «Lousonna SA», founded by Publicitas board members Charles Patru, Jacques Lamunière and Samuel Payot. In 1937, the Lamunière and Payot families jointly took control of the company. In 1982 the Lamunière family took over part of the Lousonna press company under the name Edipresse SA. From then on, the company concentrated on the publication of newspapers and magazines as well as graphic work. The following years were characterized by expansion abroad, especially in Eastern and Southern Europe, and from 2005 also in Asia. In 2010/2011 Edipresse parted with its Swiss media activities. In 2011 Edipresse withdrew from the stock exchange and has been a family company ever since, owned by the Lamunière family.

Media Switzerland

On March 3, 2009, Edipresse and Tamedia announced that Tamedia would gradually take over Edipresse's Swiss media activities (including Le Matin , Tribune de Genève , 24 heures , Bilan , La Broye, Journal de Morges ). The Swiss Competition Commission approved the merger in the same year. In 2010 Tamedia acquired a 49.9% stake in the Edipresse subsidiary “Presse Publications SR SA” (PPSR), in which most of Edipresse's Swiss activities were bundled. At the beginning of 2011 Tamedia took over another 0.2% and thus the majority of PPSR. Tamedia paid CHF 207.3 million for the 50.1% . The takeover of the remainder of 49.9% planned for 2013 was brought forward to 2011. The price was made dependent on the economic development of the company and amounted to CHF 324.1 million in cash and 250,000 registered shares in Tamedia with a value of CHF 31 million. Edipresse granted Tamedia the right to use the brand name "Edipresse Suisse" until the end of 2012. At the end of 2011, Tamedia renamed its media activities in western Switzerland to “Tamedia Publications romandes” and in 2012 the “Edipresse Publications SA” that it had taken over into “Tamedia Publications romandes SA”, which then took over PPSR in mid-2013.

Edipresse Groupe operates in Geneva together with Brice Lechevalier in a joint venture in “GMT Publishing”, founded in 2002, which publishes the magazines GMT, Mountain Addict Gstaad, Skippers, voile & océan and Société Nautique de Genève . GMT also operates the WorldTempus.com portal in French, English and Chinese, aimed at watch enthusiasts.

On the Internet in Switzerland, Edipresse is owned by swissfriends.ch (dating) and jobups.ch and is involved in homegate.ch (real estate) and QoQa.ch , which owns the portals Qwine.ch, Qsport.ch and Qooking.ch operates and has a branch in France (QoQa.fr) .

Media abroad

Edipresse has been publishing magazines, namely in the area of ​​women's magazines, people and lifestyle, in Poland since 1993 (23 magazines, including the oldest women's magazine Przyjaciólka , and 12 websites), since 2000 in the Ukraine (30 magazines, including the women's magazine Edinstvennaya ) and since 2003 in Russia (40 magazines, including the women's magazine Samaya , and 12 websites). Edipresse is one of the leading publishers of magazines in these countries.

Since 2005 Edipresse has also been present on the Asian market, in Hong Kong , Indonesia , Macau , Malaysia , the Philippines , Singapore , the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Thailand . It describes itself as a leader in media dedicated to the luxury sector and lifestyle (including the lifestyle magazines Tatler ).

Minority holdings exist in Romania (since 1998), Greece (since 1998) and Mexico (since 2001). In Spain , where Edipresse has been active since 1990, it has greatly reduced its holdings, and it has withdrawn entirely from Portugal , where it has been active since 1992.

Internet portals

Edipresse describes “Digital Ventures” as a third important business area alongside media and real estate. In this area, there are minority interests in the German company «21Diamonds», which operates a portal for the sale of watches and jewelry, in the French company «Alexias», which operates portals for real estate, financial information and horse racing, and in the English company «The Chapar», which operates a portal for men's fashion.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Historique. In: Website of the Edipresse Groupe (French).
  2. ↑ Alain Clavien: Edipresse. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ Edipresse and Tamedia merge in Switzerland. In: Tamedia AG media release of March 3, 2009.
  4. ↑ Merger of Edipresse Switzerland and Tamedia as early as 2011. In: Tamedia media release of April 8, 2011.
  5. ↑ Tamedia: Annual Report 2011. In: Tamedia website. P. 53 (PDF; 68.15 kB).
  6. ↑ In 2012 Edipresse Suisse became Tamedia Publications romandes. In: Tamedia media release of December 12, 2011.
  7. ↑ Commercial Register - Changes - Tamedia Publications romandes SA. In: Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt . May 16, 2013.
  8. ↑ A Propos de World Tempus. In: WorldTempus website (French).
  9. ↑ Digital Ventures. QoQa. In: Website of the Edipresse Groupe (French).
  10. ^ Médias en Pologne. In: Website of the Edipresse Groupe (French).
  11. ^ Médias en Ukraine. ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Website of the Edipresse Groupe (French). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.edipresse.com
  12. ^ Médias en Russie. In: Website of the Edipresse Groupe (French).
  13. ↑ Médias en Asie. In: Website of the Edipresse Groupe (French).
  14. ↑ Edipresse: Merger at Focus Ediciones in Spain ( Memento from June 17, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Handelszeitung . July 1, 2010.
  15. ↑ MC Ediciones y Focus Ediciones se fusionan. In: DigiMedios. July 6, 2010 (Spanish).
  16. ↑ Edipresse withdraws from the Portugal business. In: Klein Report. May 15, 2008.
  17. ↑ Presentation. In: Website of the Edipresse Groupe (French).
  18. ↑ Digital Ventures. 21 Diamond. ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Website of the Edipresse Groupe (French). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.edipresse.com
  19. ↑ Digital Ventures. Alexias. In: Website of the Edipresse Groupe (French).
  20. ↑ Digital Ventures. The Chapar. In: Website of the Edipresse Groupe (French).