Overview

• Employees were informed of the proposed transfer at an extraordinary CSE on September 26.
• The acquirers are Benjamin La Combe, Pierre-Édouard Stérin and the Caude family, taking over from the Safa family that has owned the title since 2015.
• Benjamin La Combe is slated to become board president upon completion, with a new chief executive to be appointed.
• Editorial director Tugdual Denis is set to remain in place under the new ownership structure.
• Coverage notes the magazine’s roughly 7,000 subscribers and references Stérin’s recent failed bid for Marianne as context for his media ambitions.