Webedia is a company specializing in

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, a subsidiary of the

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group based in

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. Webedia is active in more than twenty countries including France (

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, Jeuxvideo.com, MGG, Puremédias, Purepeople, Pureshopping, Purebreak, Terrafemina, 750g, easyVoyage), Brazil (Adorocinema, Tudo Gostoso, Minhavida), Germany (Filmstarts,

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), Spain and Latin America (Xataka, SensaCine, Raiser Games), and Poland (

Gry-Online ''Gry-Online'' is a group of Polish websites devoted to computer games and electronic entertainment. Founded by Mariusz Klamra, Wojciech Antonowicz and Rafał Swaczyna, the group has grown to include GRYOnline.pl, TVGry.pl, Gameplay.pl, and Game ...

and GetHero).

History

Webedia was created in France in 2007,. following the successive launches of the websites ''Purepeople'', ''Puretrend'' and ''Purefans''. Webedia bought the

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Shopoon in 2008 and renamed it Pureshopping, and the website Ozap (media news) from

M6 group Métropole Télévision SA, commonly known as Groupe M6 (), is a French media holding company. It was formed around the commercial television channel M6, launched in March 1987 by the CLT ( RTL Télévision) and La Lyonnaise des Eaux. In addi ...

in 2011 and renamed it Puremédias. Webedia was acquired by

in May 2013 and became its Internet media subsidiary. In 2013, Fimalac acquired

,. the websites Newsring and Youmag, the cooking website 750g and the cultural platform Exponaute. In 2014, Webedia acquired

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, Jeuxvideo.com (through L'Odyssée Interactive and moved to Paris in 2015),

(Germany),. and Gameo Consulting (owner of Millenium, electronic sports), In December 2014, Webedia announced a license agreement with

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to launch sites under the IGN franchise in Brazil and France at the beginning of 2015. The French version of IGN was launched on 2, it targets the general public and

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s. In 2015, Webedia acquired Côté Ciné Group (technological solutions for movie theaters and specialized press magazines:

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in the

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and Côté Ciné in

), 57% of Easyvoyage group (online travel comparators Easyvol and Alibabuy, Mixicom (website JeuxActu and

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), 50% of the Brazilian network Paramaker, and West World Media (digital marketing company for the film industry).. In 2016, Webedia bought Scimob (mobile video game studio), Surprizemi (home-delivered surprise boxes), Eklablog (blogging platform) Oxent ( eSports World Convention), and Bang Bang Management (sports PR agency). In addition, an agreement is made with

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...

for Webedia to recruit and manage e-sports players on behalf of Paris Saint-Germain eSports. On November 15, 2016, the LFP announced that it had reached an agreement with

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and Webedia for the broadcasting of the first edition of the e-League 1. The competition is renewed for two additional seasons on July 26, 2017, the broadcasting agreements are renewed. On December 8, 2016, Webedia joined forces with Chronopost to launch Pourdebon, a home delivery service that connects Internet users and labeled producers ( AOC, organic AB, etc.). Webedia has a slight majority (53%) in this new platform. On January 19, 2017, Webedia announced the acquisition of the English company Peach Digital, specializing in

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and

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for

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s. In February 2017,

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announced that Webedia had invested 10 million euros in Illico Fresco, a home delivery service for baskets of recipes. The same month, FDJ and Webedia announced a partnership for the creation of eSports competitions: a professional one (FDJ Masters League) and another one for amateur gamers (FDJ Open Series) starting in March 2017. They are broadcast on Webedia's

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. At the end of February 2017, the media group finalized the acquisition of MyPoseo, a

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publisher specialized on SEO analytics. On March 8, 2017, Webedia launched LeStream, a

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dedicated to video games, the result of two years of development, in the company of several

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including Cyprien and

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,. On March 29, 2017, Webedia bought the Brazilian

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Minha Vida, a website devoted to

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and fitness, which attracts 14.3 million unique monthly visitors. Webedia reaches 44 million

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in Brazil, and thus becomes the leading publisher on entertainment themes. In June 2017, the company made its largest international acquisition, with the American agency 3BlackDot, specializing in

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for

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s. The agency, based in

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, manages 36

followed by millions of subscribers on their channels which total 700 million videos viewed per month. In July 2017, Webedia bought IDZ, an audiovisual production company, and thus strengthened its production activities and its leadership on the YouTube channel networks in France. That year, Webedia was the first French

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to use the measurement of their global audiences by

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. It represents deduplicated coverage on desktops, laptops, smartphones and tablets, and includes audiences for websites, mobile applications and videos. This new measure allows Webedia to establish a deduplicated global audience of 177 million

in April 2017. In October 2017, Webedia announced its intention to launch a TV channel dedicated to

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, called ES1. The channel was officially launched on January 10, 2018, on

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TV. and on February 6, 2018, on Free and

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. In November 2017, Webedia, with the support of CDC International Capital, entered into exclusive negotiations with the Saudi company Uturn Entertainment, specializing in online entertainment, particularly on YouTube, and the production of digital content for the region's youth, with a view to merging it with Diwanee, a Webedia subsidiary in the Middle East, for an amount close to $100 million.. In December 2017, Webedia acquired a majority stake in the

based company called Creators Media, which brings together social and video production platforms specializing in popular culture and entertainment. That same month, Webedia joined forces with Elephant, Emmanuel Chain's audiovisual production company, to create a new content production label aimed at

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. In January 2018, Webedia launched a sports marketing agency: Only Sports & Passions. That same month, Illico Fresco, specialist in the delivery of kit meals belonging to Webedia, joined forces with Weight Watchers, the world leader in slimming products. In April 2018, Webedia published new audience figures in partnership with

, 188 million unique monthly visitors in December 2017, an increase of 6.2% compared to the previous measure dating from April 2017. The same month, Webedia unveils its ambitions concerning content production, as a partnership with the video game studio

Focus Home Interactive Focus Entertainment (formerly Focus Home Interactive) is a French video game publisher based in Paris. It is a subsidiary of PulluP Entertainment Group. Founded in 1996, Focus has published and distributed original titles such as ''Sherlock Holm ...

is signed with a title " Fear the Wolves" already planned for 2018, co-production projects of films, cartoons or series are announced. In July 2018, Webedia bought the American authors company Full Fathom Five, a company that helps authors produce books, TV series, films and video games.. In October 2018, Webedia announced that it was focusing on both esports clubs

PSG Esports PSG Esports is a professional esports club which is department of parent French football club Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain. They have active teams in ''EA Sports FC'', ''Rocket League'' and ''Arena of Valor''. Formerly, the cl ...

and LeStream Esport. The first one being geared towards international competitions and the second devoted mainly to the French esports scene. The "Millenium" brand is thus refocusing around its media activities and esports merchandising products, and the "Millenium esport club" being gradually closed. The same month, the company announced the acquisition of Weblogs, a Spanish-speaking website publisher, thereby strengthening its activity in

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and

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.. On October 22, 2018, Webedia announced the merger of BoxOffice magazine with

Film Journal International ''Film Journal International'' was a motion-picture industry trade magazine published by the American company Prometheus Global Media. It was a sister publication of '' Adweek'', '' Billboard'', ''The Hollywood Reporter'', and other periodical ...

. On November 13, 2018,

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announced the acquisition from Webedia of 750g International, the international branch of the French recipe site 750g (the original French website 750g.com being retained by Webedia). The group is thus separating from Gourmandize (United States and United Kingdom), HeimGourmet (Germany), Rebañando (Spain), Receitas Sem Fronteiras (Brazil / Portugal) and Tribù Golosa (Italy). The same month, Webedia joined forces with

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to launch the ''French League of League of Legends (LFL)'', the first French professional league on the ''

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'' game, which will bring together the 8 best teams on the French scene. In March 2019, Webedia bought 51% of the audiovisual production company Elephant. The desire of the two groups is to create content series, documentaries, magazines for paid streaming platforms, television and social networks. Despite this takeover, Elephant's editorial independence is guaranteed. The new set will weigh 500 million euros, a quarter of which will be made outside France. The same month, Webedia takes a majority stake in the company Partoo, which publishes a

platform specializing in local marketing for brands and merchants (referencing of points of sale, their opening hours and pictures on all social networks, management of customers ratings and comments...). On March 14, 2019, a new measurement of the international audience of Webedia sites was produced by

, posting 250 million

in December 2018, up 9.2% compared to December 2017. In June 2019, the group joined forces with Michel Cymes, a famous doctor and French TV host by taking a majority stake in his company Club Santé Débat, in order to develop a health platform around the ''Dr. Good!'' Brand. In September 2019, Webedia regrouped its cinematographic activities (

, Côté Ciné Group, WestWorldMedia, Peach Digital) under the brand The Boxoffice Company for marketing, database and business intelligence services for film professionals. In November 2019, the French YouTuber Michou joined the network of talents and influencers managed by Webedia. On November 14, 2019, the movie Queen and Slim starring

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and

Jodie Turner-Smith Jodie Turner-Smith (born 7 September 1986) is a British actress. She made her feature film debut in '' The Neon Demon'' (2016) and has since acted in '' Queen & Slim'' (2019), ''After Yang'' (2022), and ''White Noise'' (2022). She is also known f ...

, co-produced by Webedia through its subsidiary 3BlackDot and distributed by

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, was released in the

. It grossed a total $47 million revenue worldwide. In December 2019, Webedia announced the distribution of its ES1 channel dedicated to esport in

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in partnership with Thema (

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group), then in January 2020 the distribution in France of the ES1 channel within the

offers. On April 20, 2020, Webedia published a new measurement of the international audiences of its sites with

, with 276 million unique monthly visitors measured in December 2019, an increase of 10.4% over one year.. In July 2020, Webedia announced that its ES1 TV channel brought together more than 1.3 million viewers in France. On July 28, 2020, the French League of

(LFL) produced by Webedia resumes service in a format adapted to the health crisis, with a final happening in

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on October 26, 2020. In September 2020, the international

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Gael Monfils and Paralympic swimmer Théo Curin join the portfolio of esports and sports talents managed by Webedia for their digital communication. In October 2020, the 750g and Millenium sites announced an overhaul of their positioning and graphic identities. Millenium becomes MGG and develops in 5 international versions. On October 4, 2020, Webedia and Banijay Iberia launched "Top Gamers Academy" in

, the first TV reality show in the world of video games. This program, which brings together the greatest Spanish YouTubers (

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, The Grefg ...) is broadcast on the Spanish channel Neox and on social and video networks, in particular on

and

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. On November 16, 2020, Webedia joined forces with

Jamy Gourmaud Jamy Gourmaud (, born 17 January 1964) is a journalist well known from the educational TV show '' C'est pas sorcier'' that he presented with Frédéric Courant and Sabine Quindou and was produced by the channel France 3 from 1993 until 2014. ...

to create a new editorial brand around knowledge, called ''Epicurieux''. The brand is available on social and video networks (

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) and contributes to a television program broadcast on

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, produced by Elephant (Webedia group) and presented by Jamy Gourmaud, "C Jamy". In December 2020, ES1 announces its arrival in France on Amazon's

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service. On January 19, 2021, the French League of

(LFL) produced by Webedia resumed for a third season. In March 2021, Webedia brought together all of its new talent management labels under the Webedia Creators umbrella, and announcedthe arrival of the Tiktokers group "La French House" among its creators, as well as the company Smile Conseil (notably representing the influencer Just Riadh). In May 2021, Webedia reinvested 15 million euros in its subsidiary Partoo, of which the group is the majority shareholder, in order to enable it to achieve a new stage in its international development.

Activities

Webedia is present in around twenty countries:

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

, Tunisia, Singapore.

is the group's leading country in terms of audience, with 60 million unique monthly visitors in December 2018, followed by France (48 million) and Spain (24 million). Since 2020, Webedia has organized its activities around a "media-talents-production" triptych.

France

Webedia's activities in

, which reach a total of 48 million unique monthly visitors, include: *

, a digital platform dedicated to cinema and series with more than 13 million unique monthly visitors * FilmsActu, a YouTube channel dedicated to movie and series trailers with more than 4 million subscribers * The Boxoffice Company, a subsidiary offering services, technologies and magazines for cinema professionals ** Boxoffice Magazine, Boxoffice France and Le Plus, publications intended for distribution and cinematographic exhibition * Jeuxvideo.com, JV (ex-jeuxvideo.com), a

news website with 6.7 million unique monthly visitors * MGG, a website specializing in esports with 2 million unique monthly visitors * ES1, the first Television channel, French-speaking television channel 100% dedicated to esports * JeuxActu, a website site dedicated to pop gaming culture, with 762,000 unique monthly visitors * LeStream, a

broadcast on

with nearly 1 million subscribers * Esports World Convention, ESWC, organizer of Esports, esports competitions * 750g, a website offering cooking recipes with 10.3 million unique monthly visitors * L'Académie du Goût, a culinary website offering tips from top chefs with 1.2 million unique monthly visitors * Alain Ducasse Edition, a publishing collection of Webedia Books specializing in the culinary field * Purepeople, a website about Celebrities, celebrity news with 8 million unique monthly visitors * Purebreak, a news platform for

with 3.5 million unique monthly visitors * Puremédias, a media news website with 2.2 million unique monthly visitors * Purecharts, a music news website with 1.3 million unique monthly visitors * Terrafemina, a Feminism, feminist and committed news website, with 1.6 million unique monthly visitors * Puretrend, a fashion news website with 170,000 unique monthly visitors * Pureshopping, a fashion and decoration buying web guide * easyVoyage, a travel comparison portal (also present in Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and Germany) * L'officiel des vacances, a travel bargains website * Blog creation platforms:

, CanalBlog and Eklablog * 94%, a mobile game with more than thirty million downloads * Talent Web, label to which the videographers Cyprien, Norman Thavaud, Norman, Michou, Inoxtag, Bilal Hassani, Guillaume Pley, Mamytwink Aziatomik, Sora, Dooms are affiliated * Bang Bang Management, a label bringing together personalities from the world of sport and competitive video games such as Domingo, Gaël Monfils, or Théo Curin * Smile Conseil, label representing in particular the personalities Just Riadh and Fatou Guinea * Talent Web Academy, the label for micro-influencers * Sampleo, the nano-influence activity * Elephant, which produces the programs Sept à Huit (TF1), Invitation au voyage (Arte), C Jamy (

), or the series Weekend Family (Disney+, Disney +), Le Tueur du Lac (TF1), La Stagiaire (France 3), Fais pas ci, fais pas ça, Fais pas ci, Fais pas ça (France 2), WorkinGirls (

) ** Nolita, who joined Elephant in 2021, and who produces feature films (Les souvenirs, Les Souvenirs, Il a déjà tes yeux, Brillantissime ...), fictions (Balle perdue on Netflix) and documentaries (Orelsan, never show this to anyone on

) ** Kiosco, which produces the shows Spectaculaire (France 2), Le Grand Oral (France 2) * IDZ, studio specializing in the creation of fictions, clips, advertising and promotional films. He notably ensures the executive production of the French series True Story (Prime Video).

Germany

Webedia's activities in Germany (10 million unique monthly visitors) include: * Filmstarts, German version of AlloCiné, Allociné *

, news platform on cinema and series *

, the leading video game news site in Germany (from the magazine of the same name) * GamePro * Mein MMO *Allyance Network, a talent label specializing in video games and pop culture, which notably represents the PietSmiet collective * Flow: fwd, a talent label representing influencers in the themes of video games, lifestyle, humor, fitness * Flimmer, an event production agency specializing in the movie and entertainment industries

Brazil

Webedia's activities in Brazil reach 60 million unique monthly visitors on the following activities:. * AdoroCinema (Brazilian version of AlloCiné, Allociné), with 12 million unique monthly visitors * IGN Brasil, with 3.4 million unique monthly users * MGG Brasil, site specializing in esports with 1 million unique monthly visitors * TudoGostoso, with 15 unique monthly visitors * Purepeople, with 4 million unique monthly visitors * Purebreak, with 1.8 million unique monthly visitors * Hypeness, site dedicated to innovation and creativity * Parafernalha, a humorous channel with 12.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 5.5 million on Facebook * Minhavida, the largest Brazilian health and wellness portal with 19 million unique monthly visitors

Spain

Webedia España has different assets that collect 24 million unique monthly visitors: * SensaCine (Spanish version of AlloCiné, Allociné) * Espinof * 3DJuegos, a video game news website * IGN Spain * MGG Spain * Director al paladar * Poprosa * Vitonica * Trendencias * Decoesfera * Compradiccion * Motorpasion * Xataka, the leading high-tech news website in Spain * Applesfera * Genbeta * Magnet * Vizz, a talent agency which notably represents

, Willyrex, and Vegetta777. * Raiser Games, a video game studio which notably publishes Youtubers Life, YouTubers Life.

Mexico and Latin America

Webedia gathers 40 million unique monthly visitors in Mexico and Latin America, on the following activities: * SensaCine Mexico (Mexican version of AlloCiné, Allociné) with 10 million unique monthly visitors in the area * 3DJuegos Mexico, the Mexican version of the Spanish video game news website, with 6 million unique monthly visitors in the area * Director al paladar Mexico, with 3 million unique monthly visitors in the area * Motorpasion Mexico, with more than 3 million unique monthly visitors in the area * Xataka Mexico, the leading Spanish-speaking high-tech news site with more than 20 million unique monthly visitors in the area * Vizz Latam, a talent agency which notably represents Anna Sarelly, Azttek Wolf and Isa Salas.

United States

Webedia is present in the United States through the following activities:. * The Boxoffice Company, a subsidiary offering services, technologies and magazines for film professionals, resulting from the acquisitions of Côté Ciné Group, West World Media, Peach Digital and Film Journal International. It publishes in particular: **

, professional film magazine created in 1920 * 3BlackDot, a talent agency and influencers on YouTube and Twitch, notably representing VanossGaming * 3BlackDot, with the production of the movie Queen and Slim, and the game Dead Realm.

Turkey

Webedia is present in Turkey around a single activity: * Beyazperde (Turkish version of AlloCiné, Allociné)

Middle-East

Webedia co-owns with Five Capital ( CDC International Capital) the subsidiary Webedia Arabia, a merger of its previous subsidiary Diwanee and the company Uturn Entertainment, with establishments in the

and

. * Saudi Gamer * MGG MENA * Atyabtabkha * Yasmina * 3a2ilati * Uturn Entertainment * Full Stop Creatives * Made in Saudi Films

Organization

Cédric Siré is CEO of Webedia and Véronique Morali President of the Board. On September 17, 2015, the group inaugurated its new headquarters in

in presence of Axelle Lemaire, Véronique Morali, the president of the group's management board, Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière, founder and CEO of

(parent company of Webedia) and Cédric Siré, CEO of Webedia, and its new flagship YouTubers and creators..

References

External links

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