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Le Point is a French
France
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 weekly news magazine. It was founded in 1972 by a group of journalist
Journalist
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s who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of L'Express
L'Express (France)
L'Express is a French weekly news magazine. When founded in 1953 during the First Indochina War, it was modelled on the US magazine TIME.-History:...

, which was then owned by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber
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, a député (member of parliament
French National Assembly
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) of the Parti Radical. The company operating the newspaper, Société d'exploitation de l'hebdomadaire Le Point (SEBDO Le Point) has its head office in the 14th arrondissement of Paris
Paris
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.

The editorial team of spring 1972 found financial backing with group Hachette
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 and was then directed by Claude Imbert. Other journalists making up the team were: Jacques Duquesne, Henri Trinchet, Pierre Billard, Robert Franc, Georges Suffert. Management included Olivier Chevrillon, Pdg and Philippe Ramond.

The weekly magazine
Magazine
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 recruited journalists from the Parisian
Paris
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 press
News media
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 and relied on its ability to redefine the genre
Genre
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. It modelled itself closely on magazines owned by News Magazine: Time Magazine and Newsweek
Newsweek
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. After a fairly difficult start in September 1972, the magazine quickly challenged L'Express. It has changed ownership several times: from Gaumont, and Alcatel
Alcatel-Lucent
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 it is currently owned by PPR
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, a French multinational holding founded and owned by the billionaire businessman François Pinault
François Pinault
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.

See also

  • Le Nouvel Observateur
    Le Nouvel Observateur
    Le Nouvel Observateur is a weekly French newsmagazine. Based in Paris, it is the most prominent French general information magazine in terms of audience and circulation ....

    - general information French newsmagazine
  • L'Express
    L'Express (France)
    L'Express is a French weekly news magazine. When founded in 1953 during the First Indochina War, it was modelled on the US magazine TIME.-History:...

    - conservative newsmagazine, owned by Belgian group Roularta
  • Iskandar Safa
    Iskandar Safa
    Iskandar Safa is a French businessman of Lebanese origins , who became famous during the Lebanese hostage crisis in 1987-88 and suspected financial transactions of the ransom...



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