Mediawan

Mediawan
Company typePrivate
ISINFR0013247137 Edit this on Wikidata
IndustryEntertainment
Predecessor
  • Makever Group
  • Lagardère Studios
Founded15 December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-15), in Paris, France
Founders
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Key people
Orla Noonan (CEO)[1]
OwnerKohlberg Kravis Roberts[2]
Divisions
SubsidiariesSee § Assets
Websitewww.mediawan.com

Mediawan is a French media conglomerate.[3] It was founded in December 2015[4] by Xavier Niel (founder of Free), Matthieu Pigasse (general director of the bank Lazard and, with Xavier Niel, a major stock holder in Le Monde and L'Obs) and Pierre-Antoine Capton (founder of the French media production company Troisième Œil Productions) under the legal form of a special-purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") with the purpose to acquire assets and operations in the media production and distribution business in Europe.[3][5][6][7][8][9] Their ambition for the company was to become "one of the largest platforms for European content".[10][8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mediawan Announces the Finalization of the Acquisition of ON Entertainment and Preparations for the Group’s New Operational Organization was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Nancy Tartaglione (31 October 2022). "Plan B's Plan A Might Be Equity Sale To French Company Mediawan". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Mediawan Acquires EuropaCorp's French TV Division". The Hollywood Reporter. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  4. ^ "About". Mediawan official website. Mediawan. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  5. ^ "Mediawan". CB Insights. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  6. ^ "Pigasse, Niel et Capton lèvent 500 millions pour racheter des médias". Le Figaro (Le Figaro.fr). 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  7. ^ "Niel, Pigasse et Capton lancent Mediawan, leur société commune dans les médias". Le Figaro (Le Figaro.fr). 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  8. ^ a b "Mediawan joins big league in TV content with offer for Groupe AB". Reuters. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  9. ^ "Mediawan a levé 250 millions d'euros avant son entrée en Bourse". Reuters. 2016-04-20. Archived from the original on 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  10. ^ "Médias : pari réussi pour le projet Niel, Pigasse et Capton". Les Echos.fr. 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2018-12-27.