Vivendi Completes the Acquisition of Prisma Media, France's First Magazine Publishing Group
May 31 2021 - 8:11AM
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Vivendi (Paris:VIV) announces that it completed today the
acquisition of 100% of Prisma Media.
The Group signed a put option agreement with
Gruner+Jahr/Bertelsmann on December 23, 2020.
The Prisma Media acquisition is part of Vivendi's development
strategy in media to gain a foothold in an industry that strongly
complements its existing businesses.
Prisma Media is France's number one magazine publishing group,
in print and digital, with some 20 leading brands and 1,200
employees.
About Vivendi
Since 2014, Vivendi has built a world-class media, content and
communications group. The Group owns leading, strongly
complementary assets in music (Universal Music Group), television
and movies (Canal+ Group), communications (Havas Group), publishing
(Editis), magazines (Prisma Media), video games (Gameloft), live
entertainment and ticketing (Vivendi Village). It also owns a
global digital content distribution platform (Dailymotion).
Vivendi's various businesses cohesively work together as an
integrated industrial group to create greater value. Vivendi is
committed to the environment and aims at being carbon neutral by
2025. In addition, the Group helps building more open, inclusive
and responsible societies by supporting diverse and inventive
creative works, promoting broader access to culture, education and
to its businesses, and by increasing awareness of 21(st) -century
challenges and opportunities. www.vivendi.com
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