Last year the turnover of HFM amounted to 1

Revolution Palace in the Lagardère Group. Three years after the disappearance of Jean-Luc Lagardère, the change of generation in the enterprise is endorsed. Officially for the corner the digital and revitalize a press activity in difficulty, Arnaud Lagardère, managing general partner, decided to reorganise in depth group. Specifically, Hachette Filipacchi Media (HFM) in the press, and Lagardère Active, covering audiovisual activities, will be grouped. Directly attached to Arnaud Lagardère, the new entity will be led by Didier Quillot, who resigned yesterday the Presidency of Orange France, HFM and Lagardère Active being transformed into companies with supervisory board and Executive Board. The arrival of Didier Quillot, specialist of sports rights, is part of the logic of rights acquisition erected as a priority. Arnaud Lagardère has thus indicated that it had tabled an offer of purchase of the sports marketing company Sportfive. "But we will be cautious in valuations," he said.

The new organization reflected by ostracizing the Gérald de Roquemaurel, CEO of HFM since 1997. It must confine itself to the Presidency of the Council monitoring of HFM until the end of 2006 and a post of Advisor special Arnaud Lagardère, in particular on sensitive issues such as the news Courier Press Parisienne and the regional daily press.

For HFM, who is currently studying records of acquisition in the United States, coming changes could prefigure a small revolution. From Gérald de Roquemaurel should affect the organizational chart of HFM. "It was his group." "The system worked on a clan basis, which suggests an earthquake in society", comments close to the group.

The old guard is a party

Since then almost thirty years, Gérald de Roquemaurel presided over the fortunes of the news magazine of the Lagardère Group. He had been the world leader in the sector with titles such as "TV 7 days", "Paris Match" or "She" and "Marie Claire", declined to international. Last year, the turnover of HFM amounted to 1.86 billion against 2.43 billion in 2000. Over the period, the current operational result fell from 213 million to $ 161 million. In the meantime, the company sold its printing. Off exchange effects, transition to IFRS and transfer standards activities of printing, the income would roughly stable. But, since three years, the profitability of HFM deteriorated, from 8.6 in 2005. And yesterday, the company announced a drop in its half-year operating profit of 19.

Three years after the disappearance of Jean-Luc Lagardère, Gérald de Roquemaurel is the second historic baron de media pole to leave office. In May 2003, Jean-Louis Lisimachio, the pattern of Hachette Livre, disagree on the strategy for the redemption of Editis, had resigned. The old guard continues to.

Jurd ' today than Jean-Louis Nachury, patron of the HDS industry.

Break with men to which his father had in the past, given his confidence beyond the perimeter of the media activities. The Aviation Group and EADS Defence, waltz of the leaders ended in ostracizing the relatives, Philippe Camus and Noël Forgeard. It is now, Louis Gallois, the candidate of the State, who runs the business. After his departure forced of EADS, Philippe Camus, cogérant of the Lagardère Group, has not been called alongside Arnaud Lagardère. "Exile" in the United States, it has yet to distance by joining the Bank of American Affairs Evercore as Manager.