Bayard Group: History

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Chronology

This chronology is indicative only. It covers -

Context is provided by the broader communications and media timeline on this site.

1850 Augustinians of the Assumption founded by Emmanuel d’Alzon (1810-1880)

1873 founds Bonne Presse and Pelerin weekly journal

1877 Pelerin becomes illustrated journal

1883 founds La Croix daily newspaper

1894 first Dreyfus trial

1900 Assumptionist order expelled from France

1900 ownership of Bonne Presse transferred to associate. Bonne Press later renamed Bayard Presse

1968 Notre Temps magazine founded

1990 Bayard buys Le Chasseur Francais hunting magazine

1990 buys Bonne Soiree

1992 buys Enfant magazine

1994 launches Entourage

1994 buys Ami des Jardins and La Chasse et Pêche et poissons

1995 launches Eureka

1996 buys Terre Sauvage

1997 buys Owl, Chickadee and Chirp in Canada

1998 launches kids magazine Maximum

1998 launches Bel Age seniors magazine

1999 buys Twenty-Third Publications in US

1999 buys Catholic Digest in the US

1999 launches Cote Femme

2000 launches Vivre au Jardin

2000 takes over Canadian Catholic publisher Novalis

2001 launches Pompoen kids magazine in the Netherlands

2001 sells its 50% stake in Media Nature to partner EMAP