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landmarks
This chronology is indicative only. It covers -
Context is provided by the broader communications and
media timeline on this site.
antecedents
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
modern revival
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
expansion into Canada
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
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