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| Categories | Business magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 183,233 (2020) |
| Publisher | Regie OBS |
| Founded | 1982; 43 years ago (1982) |
| Company | Le Nouvel Observateur Group |
| Country | France |
| Based in | Paris |
| Language | French |
| Website | Challenges |
| ISSN | 0751-4417 |
| OCLC | 421639665 |
Challenges is a weekly business magazine headquartered inParis, France.[1] It is owned byClaude Perdriel (60%) andBernard Arnault (40%) via their groups Presse Perdriel andLVMH. It has aneconomic liberal editorial stance and supportedEmmanuel Macron during the2017 French presidential election.[2]
Challenges was established in 1982.[3] The magazine offers articles on economy and business-related events and on politics and world affairs.[3][4] It is published weekly on Thursdays.[5][6][7] Previously, it was published monthly[8] and then biweekly.[1]
Its motto isQue dit l'économie cette semaine? (French:What does the economy say this week?).[5]
In 1987, Claude Perdriel, owner ofLe Nouvel Observateur, bought the monthly magazine and renamed it asChallenges.[9]
Le Nouvel Observateur Group is the owner and publisher ofChallenges.[3][10] The company also ownsLe Nouvel Observateur.[3] Former publisher ofChallenges was Croque Futur.[8] The magazine is published by Regie OBS.[7]
Challenges was named as the business magazine of the year in France in 2010.[6]
In May 2021,LVMH, headed byBernard Arnault, took a 40% stake in the magazine, contributing 8 million euros.[11]
In 2017, as part of theFrench presidential campaign, severalChallenges journalists felt and deplored the fact that their magazine was "rolling for Emmanuel Macron ".[2][12]
Just before the first round oflegislative elections in 2022, an anti-Jean-Luc Mélenchon cover for the magazine imposed by the publication's director, Claude Perdriel, was denounced by the magazine's journalists.[13]
In 2001Challenges had a circulation of 264,000 copies.[8] The circulation of the magazine was 260,020 copies in 2008.[4] It fell to 250,065 copies in 2009[3] and 232,000 copies in 2010.[14] During the period of 2011-2012 its circulation was 232,430 copies.[7] The circulation of the magazine was 183,233 copies in 2020.[15]
| Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circulation | 231,813 | 229,024 | 222,763 | 208,658 | 186,968 | 199,336 | 201,992 | 204,872 | 185,447 |