It is the literary saga that keeps the entire publishing community in suspense.
After announcing with fanfare during the summer its intention to sell its publishing group Editis (number two on the French market) to more easily seize number one Hachette (jewel of the Largardère group, more profitable and well established in international), Vivendi had since remained very silent.
While the tandem at the head of the media giant, Yannick Bolloré and Arnaud de Puyfontaine, intended to officially inform the European Commission of their transfer project with the identity of the potential new shareholder in September, the timetable was not respected.
It will have finally been necessary to wait for this Tuesday, October 25 so that
a first administrative step is taken and that Vivendi notifies Brussels of its proposed merger with the Lagardère group.
In the document of several hundred pages sent to European regulators, the group did not, however, reveal any details concerning the sale…
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