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Top 16 Media corporations based in France

RevenueBase identified 91 media corporations headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 16,203 professional contacts across them, including 1,767 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers media corporations headquartered in France, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
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The 16 largest media corporations based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 16 of 91 media corporations based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to media corporations: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceMalakoff, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,080 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bayard has 120 press titles, 70 of which are in France, 5,500 books in the catalogues of its publishing houses, and publishes more than 800 new books every year.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2Indirect evidenceBoulogne-billancourt, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500915 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Depuis 80 ans, le Groupe L'Équipe est un acteur majeur du sport français, avec une marque forte et fédératrice qui informe et divertit sur tous les supports : un journal et des…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000735 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since its creation, Vivendi has established itself as a player in content, media and entertainment, developing a portfolio of both listed and unlisted assets, each a leader in its…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4Partial evidenceBoulogne Billancourt, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000657 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Reworld Media est un groupe média adtech international, premier groupe média thématique en France et le deuxième groupe média sur l’Open Web.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000371 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Le Groupe Les Echos – Le Parisien s’adresse chaque mois à 25 millions de Français.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6Indirect evidenceToulouse, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000121 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“GROUPE LA DEPECHE DU MIDI intervient sur l’ensemble de la région Occitanie dans les domaines de l’information grand public de proximité, de la communication et de l’événementiel.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-50080 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NEXTPROD is a broadcast media company based out of 2 rue du général Alain de Boissieu PARIS, France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5041 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Diverto est porté par le GIE (Groupement d’Intérêt Économique) Diverto, fondé par six éditeurs majeurs de la Presse Quotidienne Régionale : Centre France, EBRA, Rossel, Sipa…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9Indirect evidenceBoulogne-billancourt, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5041 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Télévista s’est imposé en moins de 3 ans comme l’un des seuls acteurs indépendants de l’édition télévisuelle en France ayant émergé aux côtés des historiques de l’audiovisuel.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10Indirect evidenceBoulogne-billancourt, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5038 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Production d'émissions, de magazines, de reportages et de documentaires pour la télévision, internet et les entreprises.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11Indirect evidenceNeuilly-sur-seine, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-20037 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) est un groupe mondial leader des médias et du divertissement, proposant des contenus et des expériences de qualité aux publics du monde…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-1029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“DMLS TV is a media company that produced and distributed multiplatform entertainment content such as La chanson secrète, La chanson challenge, Les 500 choristes ensemble, La…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13Indirect evidenceThyez, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Le Groupe Mont Blanc Médias est un groupe médias régional multi-plateformes avec ses 2 radios propriétaires; Radio Mont Blanc & Playlist Radio, sa plateforme sociale dédiée à la…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-504 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Supporting digitalisation & multi canal diversification for media brands with high quality content & highly engaged communities, by pooling ressources & talents.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16Indirect evidenceRouen, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

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Media corporations based in France at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026
10.9%Verified-email coverage
178.1Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
36.3%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
48
11-50
21
51-200
8
201-500
2
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
9
5,001-10,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 91 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among media corporations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in France whose own description of what they do matches “media corporations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names media corporations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among media corporations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,767 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Media corporations by metro

  • Media corporations in Paris33

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names media corporations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many media corporations are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 91 media corporations headquartered in France as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Bayard, headquartered in Malakoff, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most media corporations?

Paris leads with 33 headquartered companies, followed by Boulogne-Billancourt (6) and Annecy (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,767 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 91 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.