Historia is a
French monthly magazine devoted to
History
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topics.
History
Historia was created by Jules Tallandier, a former bookseller who became an editor. In 1908 start the ''Lisez-moi'' magazine, composed with adventure stories. In December 1908 Historia is created as an historical counterpart to ''Lisez-moi''. The magazine ceased to be released from 1937 to 1945.
The magazine is restarted in 1946 by Maurice Dumoncel, grandson of Jules Tallandier. In 1955, the magazine takes its current title.
In 1999, the
Le Point
''Le Point'' () is a French weekly political and news magazine published in Paris.
History and profile
''Le Point'' was founded in September 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of '' L'Express'', w ...
group buys the Tallandier edition, including the Historia magazine. The Tallandier editions are then fragmented, and Historia becomes a part of the
Sophia Publications group. Sophia Publications is sold in 2014 to Maurice Szafran, former president of
Marianne
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Marianne is displayed in ...
.
In June 2016, Sophia Publications was sold to the
Claude Perdriel, historic owner of the press group ''
Challenges
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* Euphemism for disability
* Peremptory challenge, a dismissal of potential jurors from jury duty
Places
Geography
*Challenge, C ...
''.
In December 2017, the French carmaker
Renault
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announced its intention to buy 40% of the ''Challenges'' group, which controls Historia's editor Sophia Publications, in a move to push partly-owned news content to its system of
connected car
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s.
In October 2020, the french businessman
Bernard Arnault
Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault (; born 5 March 1949) is a French business magnate, investor, and art collector. He is the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE, the world's largest luxury ...
announced its intention to invest in the press group ''Challenges'', also owned by Claude Perdriel, a plan which implies moving the newspapers ''Historia'' and ''L'Histoire'' out of Sophia Publications to join the umbrella of the ''Challenges'' group.
Bernard Arnault Buys Influence Through Media Deals in France
''Businessoffashion.com'', 7 October 2020
References
French-language magazines
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