Média Participations

Created in 1986, Média Participations is the fourth largest French publishing group. The undisputed leader in the European comic book market (with Dargaud, Dupuis, Le Lombard, Kana and Urban Comics), the French-Belgian group also publishes magazines and produces audio-visual media and video games. Média Participations currently sells 50 million books and distributes 22 million magazines each year.

In late 2017, Média Participations acquired the La Martinière group, which prints “fine books” and literary books through outstanding publishers including Le Seuil, Abrams, Editions de La Martinière, L’Olivier, Anne-Marie Métailié, Delachaux, etc.