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- paris match (band)
is a Japanese musical group formed in 1998 by composer/arranger Yosuke Sugiyama and lyricist Tai Furusawa with vocalist Mari Mizuno. They debuted in 2000 with the album volume one...
is also a Japanese musical group.
Paris Match is a
FrenchFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
weekly
magazineMagazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost.
In 1976
Daniel FilipacchiDaniel 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...
purchased the ailing Paris Match
, and turned it into one of France's most successful and influential magazines. The magazine is now part of Hachette Filipacchi MédiasHachette Filipacchi Médias, S.A. is the largest magazine publisher in the world. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lagardere Media of France.- History :...
, which is itself owned by the Lagardère GroupLagardère SCA is a French conglomerate formerly known as Matra, with holdings in publishing, retail, media, and aerospace. The firm is a société en commandite par actions or limited partnership.-History:...
.
On occasion, Paris Match
has sold more than one million copies worldwide when covering major events such as the first flight by a French astronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
aboard the U.S. Space ShuttleThe Space Shuttle, part of the Space Transportation System , is a spacecraft operated by NASA for orbital human spaceflight missions. It began operations in the 1980s and is scheduled to be retired from service in 2010 after 134 launches...
in June 1985. Benoit Clair, a senior writer for Paris Match
was the first journalist allowed to join the shuttle crew members from training until the departure for the launch pad at Cape CanaveralCape Canaveral, from the Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a headland in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that state's Atlantic coast 45 minutes East of Orlando by car. Known as Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973, it sits due east of Merritt Island, separated from it by the Banana...
. A series of reports on the training was published in Paris Match on 22 April 1985, 17 June 1985 and 20 January 1986.