Business & Finance
- Les Nouvelles Fiscales has appointed Stéphane Valory to editor in chief. He replaces managing editor Delphine Taieb who has left.
- Journalist Marc Auxenfants will leave PaperJam on 15 April.
- Weekly newsletters Bref Rhône-Alpes and Sud Infos have launched a joint website. Info-economique.com will feature economic news for the whole French Southern-Eastern region including Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur. The editorial team is made of journalists writing for the two newsletters. Brefonline.com and Sudinfos.fr will should be closed in the coming weeks.
- Intelligence Online will go under the knife in March. The format is expected to change but some sections could be added as well. AfricanIntelligence.fr should be revamped at the end of the year, according to Presse News.
- Financial daily Wansquare has recruited journalists Solenn Poullennec and Marie-Amélie Fauchier-Magnan.
- The Federation of Swiss Businesses has revamped its magazine. In addition to updating its format and visual identity, Entreprise Romande has introduced two sections: New Techhnologies and Sustainable Development. The magazine now comes out every other week alternately with its electronic newsletter.
Technology & Telecoms
- LeMagIT.fr publisher E-Magine Médias has signed a contract with American publisher TechTarget. For two years, LeMagIT will have exclusivity in France on TechTarget’s website content.
National Press
- Journalist Marjorie Alessandrini is no longer part of Le Nouvel Observateur‘s editorial team. The tourism writer has retired.
- French Sunday newspaper Journal du Dimanche has promoted Olivier Jay to managing editor in replacement of Christian de Villeneuve.
- Swiss newspaper La Tribune de Genève has appointed Judith Mayencourt as section editor. She is responsible for the Switzerland News section.
Fashion & Retail
- Kappauf has taken over Citizen K. The group intends to diversify Citizen K’s portfolio by developing its internet and TV activities. Citizen K’s international editions will also benefit from this take over.
- Subscription-based Belgian quarterly Textile Living has extended its circulation to newstands.
- The French edition of Gentleman Quarterly has been updated for its second anniversary. The monthly title has changed its typograpy and launched its own website. MenStyle.fr has been dropped and replaced for GQmagazine.fr. Condenast is thinking about introducing a free iPhone application
- Six months after the launch of Grazia in France, Groupe Marie Claire launches Envy. It is a weekly celebrity and fashion based magazine aimed at 20 to 35-year-old women. Envy has its own website and a mobile application should soon complete the brand. Publisher Marie Claire is aiming for 200,000 issues in France.
- Lagardère Active is thinking about launching Be, the print version of its interactive website Be.com
- Jalouse is evolving with the creation of new sections on fashion, beauty, art and cinema. The monthly title has also gone for a smaller format.
Health & Pharmaceutical
- Elsevier Masson has revamped scientific journal Elsevier Le Journal de Chirurgie. The name is now Le Journal de Chirurgie viscérale and the content includes clinical research articles, scientific, legal and professional news of the specialist area. The journal is also available online in English as Journal of Visceral Surgery.
- Editor in chief Isabelle Lopez left Wolters Kluwer France’s monthly magazine Moniteur Hospitalier. She has been replaced by Bertrand Decaudin.
Food & Drink
- Vinipresse launches Gilbert & Gaillard Wine International, a quarterly magazine to replace Gilbert & Gaillard. It will be a magazine on an international scale available in 15 countries. It intends to inform wine consumers about trends and new wines. Sylvain Patard has been appointed editor in chief.
