Paris Match

Infobox Magazine
title = Paris Match

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image_caption = |Alexandre Coste, son of Albert II of Monaco, on the cover of "Paris Match"
publisher = Hachette Filipacchi Médias
category = Newsmagazine
total_circulation = 684,056
circulation_year = 2006
frequency = Weekly
language = French
editor = Olivier Royant
editor_title = Directeur de la rédaction
headquarters = Paris
founded = 1949
firstdate = 25 March 1949
country =FRA
world headquarters=Paris
website = [http://www.parismatch.com/parismatch Paris Match]
issn = 0397-1635

:"paris match (band) is also a Japanese musical group."Paris Match" is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost.

In 1976 Daniel Filipacchi purchased the ailing "Paris Match", and turned it into one of France's most successful and influential magazines. The magazine is now part of Hachette Filipacchi Médias, which is itself owned by the Lagardère Group.

On occasion, "Paris Match" has sold more than one million copies worldwide when covering major events such as the first flight by a French astronaut aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle in June 1985. Benoit Clair, a senior writer for "Paris Match" was the first journalist allowed to join the shuttle crew members from training until the departure for the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.Fact|date=June 2007

References

*Madjar, Robert (1997). Daniel Filipacchi. Editions Michel Lafon

External links

*fr icon [http://www.parismatch.com/ Paris Match]