Télé 7 Jours
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Télé 7 Jours is a French
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...

 weekly magazine published by Hachette Filipacchi Médias
Hachette Filipacchi Médias
Hachette Filipacchi Médias, S.A. is a magazine publisher. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lagardère Media of France.- History :Hachette Filipacchi was founded by Louis Hachette in 1826 when he purchased the Librarie Brédif. Hachette was purchased by Matra in 1980, a firm associated with Ténot &...

. It publishes news and materials relating to French
France
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 radio and television programming.

History

Originally, the magazine was named "Radio 44" as it started publishing on 29 October 1944. The name would change ("Radio 45", "Radio 46"..) as the year of publication changed, until the year 1957, when it was renamed "Radio Télévision 57" and in 1959 was changed to "Télé 59".

In 1960, "Sofirad" the original owner sold the magazine to Jean Prouvost who named it "7 jours Télé 60" for a short period and then renamed it to the present "Télé 7 Jours" since 7 March 1960.

Circulation jumped to more than a million copies weekly in 1962 and 2 million by 1965 becoming the biggest circulation weekly in France
France
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.

In 1976, Hachette
Hachette Filipacchi Médias
Hachette Filipacchi Médias, S.A. is a magazine publisher. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lagardère Media of France.- History :Hachette Filipacchi was founded by Louis Hachette in 1826 when he purchased the Librarie Brédif. Hachette was purchased by Matra in 1980, a firm associated with Ténot &...

purchased the magazine. The magazine remained the most read French magazine in the 1980s and 1990s reaching a circulation of 3.2 million weekly. However by 2005, printed circulation had dropped to 1.7 million with the arrival of other rival magazines. Its contents are basically coverage of television news, TV grids, cultural and lifestyle news and entertainment.

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