Valmonde

Valmonde is a French magazine publisher founded in 1966 by Raymond Bourgine. Its origins lie in the publishing environment surrounding Le Spectacle du Monde and in Bourgine's relationship with the Federation of Nationalist Students during the 1960s. The available historical account states that Bourgine financially supported the organization in exchange for its members selling copies of Le Spectacle du Monde. This arrangement connected the early circulation of the magazine with an organized political network. The same account identifies François d'Orcival as an important editorial figure in the company's early publishing context. He had edited Les Cahiers universitaires, the publication of the Federation of Nationalist Students, and later served as editor in chief of the French weekly Valeurs Actuelles. Valeurs Actuelles became one of Valmonde's principal publications and remains central to the publisher's identity. Valmonde was incorporated in 1997, formalizing its corporate existence several decades after its founding. In 2006, the company became a subsidiary of Sud Communication. This change placed the publisher within a larger communications and media structure. Valmonde was later acquired by Privinvest Medias in 2015. The acquisition marked another change in ownership while preserving the company's role as a publisher of French magazine brands. The group continued to develop its portfolio through specialist titles. In 2016, the Valmonde Group began publishing Marine & Océans, a magazine concerned with maritime topics. This title complemented the group's existing mix of political, cultural, and specialist publications. Jours de Chasse represented another specialist segment, focusing on hunting and associated rural or country-life interests. In 2019, Valmonde revived Le Spectacle du Monde as a monthly magazine. The first issue of the revived publication included contributions by Joseph Nye, Robert Kagan, and Michel Houellebecq. The relaunch demonstrated the company's continuing interest in essays and long-form commentary alongside its established magazine brands. It also restored a title linked to the company's early history. Valmonde is headquartered in Paris. The available reference material describes it as an operating French publisher whose principal publications include Valeurs Actuelles and Jours de Chasse. It does not provide sufficiently detailed information about current executives, circulation, revenue, official digital properties, or the precise legal structure of its present ownership. Those fields are therefore left unreported rather than inferred.

• 2019

  Le Spectacle du Monde is revived

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  Valmonde relaunched Le Spectacle du Monde as a monthly magazine, with the first issue featuring essays by Joseph Nye, Robert Kagan, and Michel Houellebecq.

• 2016

  Marine & Océans added to the group

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  The Valmonde Group began publishing Marine & Océans, expanding its specialist magazine portfolio.

• 2015

  Acquisition by Privinvest Medias

  [1]Valmondeen.wikipedia.org

  Privinvest Medias acquired Valmonde.

• 2006

  Subsidiary of Sud Communication

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  Valmonde became a subsidiary of Sud Communication.

• 1997

  Corporate incorporation

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  Valmonde was incorporated as a company.

• 1966

  Valmonde is founded

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  Raymond Bourgine founded Valmonde, establishing the publishing company that would become associated with several French magazine titles.

A French magazine publisher combining politically oriented and general-interest titles with specialist publications covering hunting and maritime subjects.

• Political and current-affairs magazine

  Valeurs Actuelles

  Valeurs Actuelles is a French weekly magazine and one of Valmonde's principal publications. It forms a central part of the group's politically oriented magazine portfolio. The available source identifies François d'Orcival, formerly associated with Les Cahiers universitaires, as having served as its editor in chief.

• Specialist lifestyle magazine

  Jours de Chasse

  Jours de Chasse is a Valmonde magazine focused on hunting and related country-life interests. It represents the group's specialist publishing activity alongside its political and general-interest titles.

• International affairs and cultural magazine

  Le Spectacle du Monde

  Le Spectacle du Monde is a magazine associated with Valmonde's early publishing history and later revived by the group in 2019 as a monthly title. The relaunch featured essays by Joseph Nye, Robert Kagan, and Michel Houellebecq.

• Maritime magazine · 2016

  Marine & Océans

  Marine & Océans is a specialist magazine covering maritime subjects. The Valmonde Group began publishing it in 2016, broadening the group's portfolio into marine and ocean-related editorial content.

• 2019

  Revive Le Spectacle du MondeProduct launch

  Background

  Le Spectacle du Monde was linked to Valmonde's early history and was selected for a renewed publication effort.

  Action taken

  Valmonde relaunched the magazine as a monthly publication and commissioned essays from Joseph Nye, Robert Kagan, and Michel Houellebecq for its first issue.

  Aftermath

  The relaunch restored an established title within Valmonde's magazine portfolio.

  Source

• 2016

  Add Marine & Océans to the publishing portfolioProduct launch

  Background

  Valmonde was operating a portfolio that included political, cultural, and specialist magazines.

  Action taken

  The Valmonde Group began publishing Marine & Océans, a magazine focused on maritime subjects.

  Aftermath

  The move expanded the group's specialist publishing activities.

  Source

1. 1Valmondeen.wikipedia.org