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Edipresse Group |
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The Edipresse Group is a media and communications company headquartered in Switzerland. The Group is active in newspapers, magazines and electronic publishing. It publishes over 180 titles and websites, and employs 2,800 people. Edipresse is present in 15 countries and territories; the company has operations in Switzerland, Spain, France, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Romania and several Asian countries such as China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Taiwan, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand.
Since 1998 Pierre Lamunière holds the position of Chairman and Executive Director of the Board of Directors of the Edipresse Group.
The company strives to ensure that its expansion takes place in a controlled
and coherent fashion. Its strategy is fundamentally based on
the written word and on three simple principles.
The first of these is to concentrate resources, both human
and financial, on the activities and the countries where
the company can achieve significant market share.
The second principle expresses the corporate desire to publish
quality titles, which clearly meet the needs of both readers
and advertisers.
The third principle concerns the special responsibilities
involved in the publishing profession.
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Edipresse's national markets
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For historical, ethical and business
reasons, Edipresse's operations in Switzerland play a central
role in the group's development. However, since 1990 the
group has also committed itself to developing its international
presence through ventures with local firms with respect for
their cultural identity.
With respect to its international activities, the Edipresse Group has allied itself with print media companies
who are already well established in their countries. Using
the experience and support provided by these companies, the
group has developed its existing titles actively and launched
new publications. The Edipresse Group focusses on markets
with high potential- large population base, underdeveloped
print media sector, weak competition, potential for future
advertising revenue growth.
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Switzerland |
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Edipresse Switzerland is based in
Lausanne. As the publisher of the top three newspapers in the French-speaking part of Swizerland,
20 minutes, 24 heures and Tribune de Genève, Edipresse is the undeniable market leader.
The Group also publishes the favourite free daily of the region, 20 minutes, and controls a joint venture for the daily Le Temps.
Its range of publications gives it a leading position in all
key market segments: news, general interest, women's titles,
business and entertainment publications.
Along with its activities as a regional newspaper publisher,
Edipresse Switzerland also publishes other publications,
which enables it to play a major role in the business, women's
and entertainment press markets in the French-speaking Switzerland.
The Edipresse Group considers the electronic publishing
as a natural extension of its paper-based publishing activities.
Offering different but complementary services to the market,
Edipresse Group print facilities form a flexible
network of competencies, designed to provide the best posssile
responsiveness to each customer's specific requirements.
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Spain |
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The Group has been active in Spain since 1990. It owns the company Focus Ediciones and it publishes magazines in the men's segment.
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Poland |
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The company Edipresse Polska SA was created in 1993 in Poland. Publishing over fifteen magazines and websites, it is one of the main publishers in the country in terms of ad revenues and copy sales. Its portfolio is made up of fashion, design, education and news titles.
Edipresse Polska publishes over ten publications in the women's, news, health, parenting and home & design segments. Edipresse Polska publishes the oldest women's magazine in the country, Przyjaciólka, established in 1948. In February 1997, the group launched the fortnightly magazine Viva!, the Polish equivalent of Paris-Match.
The group also strengthened its position in the segment of family-oriented titles, by buying into Twoje Dziecko. The monthly women's magazine, Uroda, is very popular and has achieved a solid position on the market. The magazine integrates perfectly with the portfolio of women's titles published by Edipresse Polska.
In field of e-publishing, Edipresse Poland is associated with
the website www.polki.pl the largest and most visited internet
service for women.
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Ukraine |
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Edipresse entered the Ukrainian market
in 2000 with the acquisition of Edinstvennaya, a women's magazine
which has become the leader in the sector.
In the Ukraine, Edipresse publishes a diverse range of magazines.
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Russia |
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Edipresse entered the Russian market in 2003 through the acquisition of the majority of the Konliga Publishing House's share capital. Based in Moscow, the company, which has since been renamed Edipresse Konliga, was created in 1993.
Today Edipresse-Konliga is the second largest magazine publisher in Russia with over 20 titles with an annual print-run of over 22 million copies. It commands a strong market position in several consumer magazine segments including women's advisory, parenting, home and design, knitting/needlecraft and the arts.
Fine Life Media Russia, publishers of Revolution Russian Edition, became part of Edipresse part of Edipresse Group as of December 2007, when Edipresse Konliga acquired a majority participation stake in Fine Life Media.
Edipresse-Konliga publishes more than 20 magazines and special editions.
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Romania |
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Edipresse has had a presence in the
Romanian market since 1998. The partnership was enlarged at the beginning
of 2002 with the integration of the Romanian publications belonging
to the Axel Springer Group.
Edipresse owns a controlling 60% stake in RPG, since 2004,
the remaining 40% being held by the Axel Springer Group.
In February 2005 Romanian Publishing Group became Edipresse A.S..
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Asia |
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The Edipresse Group has been present in Asia since 2005 and publishes the renowned Tatler Asia magazines. The Tatler brand, and its extensions, is synonymous with high society, luxury lifestyles, art, culture, good taste and fashion.
Edipresse Asia is headquartered in Hong Kong and employs over 200 people in the region.
Continuing with the expansion of its luxury lifestyle publishing portfolio in Asia, Edipresse Group announced in the summer of 2008 the acquisition of two publishing houses, the food and lifestyle publisher Appetite Media Pte Ltd, and Solitaire Media Pte Ltd, the publisher of jewellery and luxury magazines.
Both companies are located in Singapore and managed as part of Edipresse Asia.
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