Valeurs actuelles
| Editor | Geoffroy Lejeune |
|---|---|
| Categories | Newsmagazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 116,126 (2015) |
| Founder | Raymond Bourgine |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Company | Valmonde |
| Country | France |
| Based in | Paris |
| Language | French |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0049-5794 |
Valeurs actuelles is a French right-wing[1] weekly news magazine published in Paris.[2]
History
Valeurs actuelles was founded in 1966[3] by Raymond Bourgine as an offspring of the weekly Finances, a stock market information review. The magazine gradually became an opinion and generalist publication with a liberal-conservative tendency. In 1971 Valeurs actuelles was relaunched.[4] The magazine is published on a weekly basis.[3][5]
Formerly owned by Socpresse the magazine has been owned by Valmonde,[6] a subsidiary of Sud Communication.[5] The company is owned by Pierre Fabre,[5] who founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre.[7]
The main articles of the magazine are the editorial, written by François d'Orcival; the lettre de M. de Rastignac ("Rastignac's letter"), a humour piece about French politics that comments on present politicians by calling them by names of supporting characters from Balzac's works. The magazine has a far-right-wing stance.[8]
From 1966 to his death in 1972, the movie section was written by the antisemitic and collaborationist writer Lucien Rebatet, under the pseudonym of François Vinneuil.[9]
In 2019, French president Emmanuel Macron talked about Islam, the veil and immigration with the publication.[10] In August 2020, Valeurs actuelles published an illustration of the black Member of Parliament Danièle Obono as a slave in chains, prompting an outcry from politicians of all parties. Deputy editor Tagdual Denis apologized for the image and denied accusations of racism.[11]
Circulation
Valeurs actuelles is mostly distributed to subscribers. Its circulation in 1981 was 113,000 copies.[12] The estimated circulation of the magazine was 90,000 copies in 1988.[13] The magazine sold 116,126 copies in France in 2015.[14]
Contributors
Major contributors to the magazine include the following:[15]
- Michel Gurfinkiel, editor-in-chief from 1985 to 2006, now editor-at-large.[16]
- Paul-Marie Coûteaux, former MPF-affiliated MEP (1999-2009)
- Olivier Dassault, UMP MP at Assemblée Nationale
- Chantal Delsol
- Laurent Dandrieu
- Gilles-William Goldnadel
- Catherine Nay
- John Rees[17]
- Philippe de Saint Robert
- Philippe Tesson
- Denis Tillinac
- Jean Tulard
References
- ^ Alistair Cole (26 March 2019). Emmanuel Macron and the two years that changed France. Manchester University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-5261-4050-0.
- ^ "Valeurs Actuelles (Groupe Valmonde)". 118 128 (in French). Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ a b Western Europe 2003. Psychology Press. 30 November 2002. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ Serge Berstein; Jean-Pierre Rioux (13 March 2000). The Pompidou Years, 1969-1974. Cambridge University Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-521-58061-8. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "France -- Media Guide 2008" (PDF). Open Source Society. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Le groupe Valmonde relance le magazine Le Spectacle du Monde". Offre Media (in French). 30 January 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Xavier Ternisien, Une filière "Valeurs actuelles" à la tête du "Figaro", Le Monde, 19 July 2012
- ^ Thomas Sheehan (24 January 1980). "Paris: Moses and Polytheism". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Pascal Ifri, Les Deux Étendards de Lucien Rebatet: dossier d'un chef-d'œuvre maudit, p. 27, Éditions l'Âge d'Homme, 2001
- ^ "Fury over Macron's far-right magazine interview". France 24. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Associated Press (29 August 2020). "French magazine says sorry for portraying black MP as a slave". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ Raymond Kuhn (7 April 2006). The Media in France. Routledge. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-134-98053-6. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ Peter Humphreys (15 May 1996). Mass Media and Media Policy in Western Europe. Manchester University Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-7190-3197-7. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "Accueil > Chiffres > Valeurs actuelles". ACPM. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ Présentation de la rédaction Archived 29 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Michel Gurfinkiel biography
- ^ "International Affairs". Interview with John Rees. Hosted by Brian Lamb on C-SPAN (Washington, D.C.). June 29, 1984 at 9:00am EDT.