Louis Hachette Group S.A. (LHG) is a French conglomerate specialising in publishing, periodicals, media and distribution, with its origins in the Hachette bookshop founded in 1826. Louis Hachette Group is controlled by French businessman Vincent Bolloré and his family.[4]
Formed from the spin-off of Vivendi in December 2024, the new independent entity holds 66.5 percent of the Lagardère group (Hachette Livre, Larousse, Fayard, Relay, Le Le Journal du dimanche, Europe 1, etc.) as well as 100% of the French press group Prisma Media (Voici, Femme Actuelle, Geo (France), Télé-Loisirs, Capital, etc.).[5]