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About France-Amérique
HISTORYFrom a weekly newspaper to a monthly magazine France-Amérique is published by FrancePress LLC, a privately owned company headquartered in New York with offices in San Francisco and Paris. The company was acquired in July 2005 by Louis F. Kyle. Founded in 1943 by World War II France Libre exiles, France-Amérique became the international weekly edition of Le Figaro in the 1960s, and merged with the Journal Français, America’s only monthly French-language periodical, in April 2007. In May 2008, France-Amérique underwent a major revamp with the launch of a monthly edition offering a substantial increase in content and sophistication. EDITORIAL PROFILEFrance-Amérique, also known as Le Journal Francais des Etats-Unis, is America’s largest and only nationwide French-language publication, serving an audience of French expatriates, Francophones and French-speaking Americans. France-Amérique serves as an integral link between France and the United States, exploring issues of relevance in current events and business, history, culture and more. Editorial Content: Every month, France-Amérique brings its readers:
In addition to its regular editorial features, France-Amérique also publishes supplements and special sections designed to explore themes of particular interest to its audience, including:
EDITORIAL TEAMBased in New York with bureaus in San Francisco and Paris, France-Amérique is published by FrancePress LLC, a private company owned and operated by Louis F. Kyle, a 26-year veteran of the publishing industry who has served as the president of the Internet Division of Trader Classified Media, Group Publisher at Ziff Davis France, president of the Cobb Group Europe, and owner and publisher of the Asian Edition of Women’s Wear Daily. France-Amérique delivers up-to-date and reliable information about France and French-American life thanks to Agence France-Presse (AFP) and a network of distinguished editors and contributors based both in the United States and in France: Editor-in-Chief Jean-Cosme Delaloye began his career as a journalist with the Swiss daily 24heures on the international politics beat, covering numerous stories throughout the world. Named American correspondent in 2002 for 24heures and the Geneva Tribune, he opened a bureau for both papers in New York. For several years, he covered American politics and the United Nations while specializing in feature reporting, collaborating with the American photographers Tim McKulka, Jarin Blaschke and Daniella Zalcman. Founder of the press agency the.point.is., he is also the co-director of a documentary entitled, Rodéo des Condamnés (Razor Wire Rodeo). His mission statement: Apply journalistic rigueur to perfectly angled, clear and precisely illustrated subjects. Assistant Editor-in-Chief Danielle Delaloye-Suter is the co-founder of the press agency the.point.is. She began her career with Edipresse Publications where she contributed to the website edicom.ch before joining the paper 24heures. From there Ms. Delaloye-Suter went to CB Communications where she was the director of the magazines Skippers and 30Degrès. She has also contributed to the women’s magazines Marie-Claire and Edelweiss and specializes in fashion and society reporting. Editor-at-Large Olivier Barrot was formerly the literary advisor to Calmann Lévy and Lattès, a contributor to Le Monde and Canal +, the editorial director of the Gault et Millau guides, and an artistic consultant for the Cannes Film Festival. He continues to participate regularly in mainstream French media. A journalist as well as a television/radio producer, Olivier Barrot now hosts the literary show Un livre un jour (“A book a day”), broadcast daily on France 3 and TV5. Currently the editor-in-chief of the magazine Senso and a professor at Science-Po in Paris, he also directs interviews with literary personalities on France 5 and hosts a chronicle on Radio Classique. Olivier Barrot is a writer with a passion for travel and is the author of Lettres d’Amérique (Letters from America) with Philippe Labro, a work paying tribute to American novelists. Web editor Florence Gatté has worked for France-Amérique since 2007 as a journalist and as the editor of www.france-amerique.com. After pursuing literature studies and a master’s degree in multimedia at the School of Fine Arts in Paris, she helped create the website for Télérama, the first cultural weekly magazine in France, where she worked as a journalist for six years. She lived in Montreal for two years and moved to New York in 2005, where she currently resides. FRANCE-AMERIQUE IN FIGURESFrance-Amérique is America’s largest and only French language news, culture and community publication, with a circulation of 25,000, reaching over 65,000 French expatriates, Francophones and French-speaking Americans every issue, including 15,000 paid subscribers. France-Amerique.com, updated daily and attracting over 45,000 visitors monthly, features stories from the magazine and offers regular web-exclusive as well as multimedia content. CIRCULATIONSold by subscription in all of America’s fifty states, France-Amérique is also available at approximately 400 newsstands nationwide and distributed in the airport lounges of Air France, American Airlines and Continental Airlines, as well as at major Francophile events from San Francisco to New York, including film festivals, Bastille Day fêtes and Beaujolais Nouveau celebrations. FRANCE-AMERIQUE.COMwww.france-amerique.com is a dynamic French-American portal providing latest news and trends from France, a directory of French organizations and resources in the United States, French-American community information and useful resources for French-speaking people living in the United States. France-Amerique.com features videos, slideshows, and a calendar of French events in the United States. E-NEWSLETTERSubscribe now to our free weekly French e-Newsletter for:
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FRANCEPRESSEstablished in 1976, FRANCEPRESS LLC is the only independent media voice in the United States devoted exclusively to France. Its two periodicals, France-Amérique and France Today, provide readers with in-depth coverage on French news, culture, politics, and travel destinations, in both French and English. The total print audience amounts to over 100,000 readers per month. FRANCEPRESS also reaches 70,000 online readers per month. Both redesigned recently, www.france-amerique.com and www.FranceToday.com respectively generating 45,000 and 15,000 monthly visits, give readers a glimpse at what’s covered in print and also offer web-exclusive features. Le Petit Journal, the biweekly e-mail newsletter of France Today and France-Amérique, and the new weekly France-Amérique eNewsletter are read by 12,000 people. |
 07 septembre 2008
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