Presses de la Cité
Parent company | Editis |
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Founded | 1943 |
Founder | Sven Nielsen |
Country of origin | France |
Headquarters location | Paris |
Distribution | Interforum |
Imprints | Futurama Futurama Superlights |
Official website | www |
Presses de la Cité is a French publishing company founded in 1943 by Sven Nielsen, the son and grandson of booksellers, who came to Paris in 1924.[1] Before becoming a publisher, Nielsen specialised in exporting French books.
In 1988, with its merger with
History
Having first specialised in translating American novels, Presses de la Cité first published home-produced work in 1946 with Je me souviens... by
Starting in 1958, the company started on a stream of acquisitions:
- 1958: Purchase of Amiot-Dumont, founded in December 1946 as Le Livre Contemporain, which specialised in popular and travel books.
- 1959: Purchase of Éditions Perrin, academic publisher founded in 1884.
- 1961: Purchase of Éditions G.P., founded in 1945 as Générale de Publicité, which specialised in youth literature and was later renamed to G.P. Rouge et Or ('G.P. Red and Gold').
- 1961: Purchase of Éditions Solar, specialist in children's books and humour.
In 1962, Presses de la Cité started a paperback imprint called Presses-Pocket. The following year, this was merged with Fleuve Noir.
In April 1965, Nielsen bought a majority stake in
In April 1969, Nielsen and the Bertelsmann group formed a book club on the German model, called France Loisirs, which soon became a success.
In January 1971, the company was reorganised, with distribution by Les Presses de la Cité Diffusion (for Presses de la Cité, G.P. Rouge et Or and Presses-Pocket) and Nouvelle Société Sequana (for Plon, Perrin, Julliard, Solar, 10/18, Bourgois et Le Rocher).
In 1973, the companies Presses de la Cité, Diffusion and Sequana were merged under the name Messageries du Livre[4]
Nielsen died on
December 30, 1976, aged 75. His sonIn 1986, the company was bought by
CEP acquired almost complete control of the Groupe in 1995. With 7 billion
References
- ^ Mollier, Jean-Yves; Schuwer, Philippe. Dictionnaire encyclopédique du Livre. Vol. T.3. pp. 279, 369.
- JSTOR 397498.
- Le Nouvel Observateur. 6 May 1965.
- ^ "Les Presses de la Cité en quelque dates" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2020.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "Goldsmith appears to win battle for Presses de la Cite". Wall Street Journal. 24 October 1986.
- ^ "Accord entre la Générale occidentale et la CEP Le Groupe de la Cité devient le deuxième éditeur français". Le Monde. 17 February 1988.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Groupe de la Cite sells Millbrook interest". Publishers Weekly. 14 March 1994. Retrieved 29 November 2019.