{{Short description|French media group}} {{use British English|date=December 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = Éditions Philippe Amaury | logo = | logo_caption = | logo_upright = <!-- default = 1 --> | logo_alt = | type = Private company | industry = Media | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | founded = <!-- if known: {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} in city, country --> | founders = {{ubl|Émilien Amaury|Philippe Amaury|Marie-Odile Amaury}}<!-- or: | founders = --> | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | fate = | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = France | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = Aurore Amaury (CEO) | products = | owner = Amaury Family (privately held)<!-- or: | owners = --> | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = | website = {{URL|amaury.com}}<!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} '''Éditions Philippe Amaury''' ('''EPA'''), also known as '''Groupe EPA''' or the '''Groupe Amaury''', is a French private media group founded by Philippe Amaury (1940–2006) whose widow, Marie-Odile Amaury, owns a majority of the company. The CEO of the company is {{ill|Aurore Amaury|fr|Aurore Amaury}}, daughter of Philippe and Marie-Odile Amaury.<ref>{{cite news |author= |url=https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/9776/the-tour-s-first-lady-meet-marie-odile-amaury |title=The Tour's First Lady: Meet Marie-Odile Amaury |work=Cyclist |publisher= |location=United Kingdom |date=12 July 2021 |access-date=26 December 2022 |archive-date=26 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226113057/https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/9776/the-tour-s-first-lady-meet-marie-odile-amaury |url-status=live }}</ref>
In partnership with SNC L'Équipe, the group publishes the sports journals ''l'Équipe'', ''l'Équipe Magazine'', ''France Football'' and Vélo Magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title=UEFA partners with Groupe Amaury to co-organise the Ballon d'Or |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0287-195e5f088d00-a51381b1da08-1000--uefa-to-co-organise-ballon-d-or/ |publisher=UEFA |access-date=10 November 2023 |date=3 November 2023 |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110152319/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/0287-195e5f088d00-a51381b1da08-1000--uefa-to-co-organise-ballon-d-or/ |url-status=live}}</ref> EPA owns the television channel ''l'Équipe 21'', which airs French and international sports competitions like road cycling, rally, motocross, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, judo, biathlon and the European Games. In 1998, the group launched the L'Équipe television channel as an extension to the newspaper ''L'Équipe''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/31/08/1998/LesEchos/17720-057-ECH_le-groupe-amaury-lance-la-chaine-l-equipe-tv.htm |title=Le groupe Amaury lance la chaîne L'Equipe TV – Les Echos |website=www.lesechos.fr |language=fr |access-date=13 March 2018 |archive-date=14 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314043503/https://www.lesechos.fr/31/08/1998/LesEchos/17720-057-ECH_le-groupe-amaury-lance-la-chaine-l-equipe-tv.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
Its wholly owned subsidiary, Amaury Sport Organisation, is one of the largest promoters of sports events in France, including the Tour de France and Paris–Roubaix bicycle races, the Paris–Dakar Rally, the Paris Marathon and the Open de France golf tournament; as well as 250 days of competition per year, with 90 events in 30 countries.<ref name="tle">{{cite web |url=https://www.aso.fr/fr/ |title=Toutes nos épreuves |publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation |language=fr |access-date=12 June 2012 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404124202/https://www.aso.fr/fr |url-status=live }}</ref>
EPA formerly owned ''le Parisien, ''a local newspaper in greater Paris, as well as its national edition, ''Aujourd'hui en France''. LVMH acquired the papers in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |title=LVMH says in talks to buy Le Parisien newspaper |work=Reuters |accessdate=14 December 2017 |date=26 May 2015 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lvmh-leparisien/lvmh-says-in-talks-to-buy-le-parisien-newspaper-idUSKBN0OB1XC20150526 |archive-date=2 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102235133/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lvmh-leparisien/lvmh-says-in-talks-to-buy-le-parisien-newspaper-idUSKBN0OB1XC20150526 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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== External links == *{{Official website|http://www.amaurymedias.com}}
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