Where is Le Point magazine going?

A few sequences in summary Soft power this week: in the first episode of the show, the cultural and digital news who celebrated the week; then a long interview Valeri Toranyanthe magazine’s new editorial director

Point We’re replacing Sébastien Le Fol, where we look at the future of the week and what the magazine has been doing in recent months. (from 33 minutes in the podcast).

What for the future Point ?

Point Founded in 1972 on the model of American “newsmagazines”, specifically “newsmagazines” Time. Magazine since the 1990s

Artemis group, the Pinault family company. Today it is the leading news magazine in France, far ahead

Obs,

Expressand

Marianne In France, about 225,000 copies are distributed each week, and about 33,000 copies are sold on newsstands and 40,000 digitally.

with Valeri Toranyannew managing editor Pointwe return to his journey, to his personality Pointbooks that make discussions and news (from 33 minutes in the podcast).

We bought it in January 2020 Etienne Gernelle At Soft Power, Director of Point. The interview

It can be found in French Culture *:*

News of the week

• Editing | The Editis group was suspected of commercial agreements and mergers with Hachette prior to the sale.

• Cultural industries | After long negotiations, OCS joined Canal+ and Warner Bros left the group to join Amazon. This means that HBO, which broadcasts Game of Throneswill no longer be broadcast by Canal+, but on Amazon Prime.

• Digital | The spread of ransomware in France and abroad: the latest victim is the British post office Royal Mail.

  was recently cyber-attacked.

• Books | Back to Prince Harry’s book. Reserve (

  Substitute published by Fayard for French translation) and broke all records in terms of sales.

• Cinema | The film releases next week babylon by Damien Chazelle; we were at the premiere this week.

• Music |

  Tribute to Jeff Beck, who has died at 78. The Englishman was considered one of the greatest guitarists of his generation and played with many big names such as Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Kate Bush, Tina Turner and even Stevie Wonder.

Box office of the week

Welcome to Box-Office, the show’s weekly meeting place

Soft power. Every week, we break down the culture’s trends and the biggest hits of the moment. in collaboration with

GfK Research Institute and for books and video games

CBO Cashier for the cinema.

Sales ranking of the week, literary fiction category (source GFK)

Ranking of sales of the week, essays and papers category (source GFK)

Rating of movie releases of the week (source CBO Box Office)

Rating of video games of the week (source GFK)

To continue

• Philippe Belaval, heritage department, storage Philippe BelavalI have already known happiness, French Culture, April 22, 2018.

• Philippe Belaval was appointed cultural adviser to the ElyséeArticle by Roksana Azimi, The worldJanuary 9, 2023.

• Damien Chazelle: “‘Babylon’, I cried enough”Article by Philippe Guedj, PointJanuary 11, 2023.

• The death of the brilliant guitarist and rock legend Jeff BeckFIP article, 12 January 2022.

• The future of the dotMaintenanceEtienne GernelleLe Point Director, Soft Power, France Culture, January 5, 2020.

• Valery Toranyan,

  A strangerFlammarion Publications, 2015.

• The blockaded Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians are calling for international helpArticle by Marie Jego, The worldJanuary 14, 2023.

• Emmanuel Macron: “I do not ask for forgiveness from Algeria and I explain why”Words recorded by Kamel Daoud, PointJanuary 11, 2023.

• To our readers, why we removed the article about Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbièreby Etienne Gernelle, PointJune 23, 2022.

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