LVMH in exclusive negotiations to buy Paris Match, announces Lagardère. Already owner of the daily newspapers Le Parisien and Les Échos, Bernard Arnault has long coveted his weekly.
In November, media giant Vivendi sold another celebrity magazine, Gala, to the Le Figaro group, in order to meet EU requirements to buy Lagardères. In December, Vivendi announced that it was studying a project to split its activities into several listed entities, structured in particular around Canal +, Havas and an investment company including its majority stake in the Lagardere group.