# Mathieu Gallet

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**Mathieu Gallet** (born 8 January 1977) is a French senior civil servant and political advisor. He was the chief executive of the [Institut national de l'audiovisuel](/source/Institut_national_de_l'audiovisuel) from 2010 to 2014. He was the CEO of [Radio France](/source/Radio_France) from 2014 to 2018. In 2019, he launched Majelan, a podcast distribution and production platform.[1]

## Early life

Gallet was born on 8 January 1977 in [Villeneuve-sur-Lot](/source/Villeneuve-sur-Lot).[2][3] He earned a [bachelor's degree](/source/Bachelor's_degree) in the humanities and graduated from the [Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux](/source/Institut_d'%C3%A9tudes_politiques_de_Bordeaux).[2][3] He also earned a [master's degree](/source/Master's_degree) in political economy from [Pantheon-Sorbonne University](/source/Pantheon-Sorbonne_University).[2][3]

## Career

Gallet began his career at [Pathé](/source/Path%C3%A9), followed by [Canal +](/source/Groupe_Canal%2B).[2][3] He worked as an advisor to the Industry Minister [François Loos](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Loos) in 2006, Culture Minister [Christine Albanel](/source/Christine_Albanel) from 2007 to 2009, and Culture Minister [Frédéric Mitterrand](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Mitterrand) from 2009 to 2010.[2][3][4]

Gallet was the chief executive of the [Institut national de l'audiovisuel](/source/Institut_national_de_l'audiovisuel) from 2010 to 2014[2][3][4] He was the CEO of [Radio France](/source/Radio_France) from 2014 to 2018.[2]

Following a conviction for favouritism in the attribution of publicity contracts during his time as President of INA, Gallet was sentenced to a one-year jail term, which was suspended, as well as a 20,000 euro fine. This sentence is currently[when?] under appeal. [Frederic Mitterrand](/source/Frederic_Mitterrand) suggested that [Emmanuel Macron](/source/Emmanuel_Macron) was involved in Gallet's conviction because the rumors about their homosexual affairs were damaging to Macron's presidential image.[5] The [scoop](/source/Scoop_(news)) was first published by Christophe Soret, director of the French LGBT bimonthly *Garçon Magazine* which pictured Macron on the cover with a nude [photomontage](/source/Photomontage)[6] and also adding a separate special supplement on the gay's [coming out](/source/Coming_out).[7]

Following this conviction, the Conseil Superieur de l'Audiovisuel removed Gallet as President of Radio France on 31 January 2018.

In 2018, he founded Majelan, a start-up with aspirations to become the "Netflix of podcasts".[8] The platform was launched in June 2019.[1] By December 2019, Majelan had raised €10 million.[9]

## References

1. ["Majelan is a personal podcast player with premium content"](https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/04/majelan-is-a-personal-podcast-player-with-premium-content/). *TechCrunch*. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

1. Rahal, Sophie (27 February 2014). ["Mathieu Gallet, la voix de l'ambition à la tête de Radio France"](https://www.lesechos.fr/27/02/2014/lesechos.fr/0203342614814_mathieu-gallet--la-voix-de-l-ambition-a-la-tete-de-radio-france.htm) (in French). *Les Echos*. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

1. ["Mathieu Gallet nommé à la tête de l'INA"](http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2010/05/26/mathieu-gallet-nomme-a-la-tete-de-l-ina_1363390_3224.html) (in French). *Le Monde*. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

1. Ramspacher, Marie-Sophie (18 June 2010). ["Mathieu Gallet Seul à bord de l'Institut national de l'audiovisuel"](https://www.lesechos.fr/18/06/2010/LesEchos/20701-070-ECH_mathieu-gallet-seul-a-bord-de-l-institut-national-de-l-audiovisuel.htm) (in French). *Les Echos*. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

1. Henry Samuel (1 February 2018). ["Emmanuel Macron accused of having state radio chief sacked to end rumour they had an affair"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/01/emmanuel-macron-accused-having-state-radio-chief-sacked-end/). *The Daily Telegraph*. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

1. ["Présidentielle: Emmanuel Macron torse-nu en couverture de "Garçon Magazine""](https://www.20minutes.fr/medias/2058907-20170428-presidentielle-emmanuel-macron-torse-nu-couverture-garcon-magazine) (in French). *[20 Minutes](/source/20Minutes.fr)*. April 28, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2020. - Boudena, Sarah (February 7, 2017). ["Emmanuel Macron dit halte à la "rumeur désobligeante"."](https://garcon-magazine.com/2017/02/07/macron-matthieu-gallet-couple-candidat-dement/) [Emmanuel Macron orders to stop a "defamatory rumour"] (in French). *Garçon Magazine*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200921090307/https://garcon-magazine.com/2017/02/07/macron-matthieu-gallet-couple-candidat-dement/) September 21, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. ...[Nicolas Dhuicq](/source/Nicolas_Dhuicq) affirmer qu’Emmanuel Macron est soutenu par [Pierre Bergé](/source/Pierre_Berg%C3%A9), ouvertement gay, et en en tirer la conclusion hâtive que cela confirme l’homosexualité du candidat à la présidence.

1. Spina, Ginevra (April 28, 2017). ["Emmanuel Macron fa "coming out": bufera sulla copertina della rivista gay"](https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/mondo/emmanuel-macron-fa-coming-out-bufera-sulla-copertina-rivista-1391071.html) (in Italian). *[Il Giornale](/source/Il_Giornale)*. Retrieved January 7, 2021.

1. [French startup Majelan raises €4 million to become the "Netflix of podcasts"](https://www.eu-startups.com/2018/12/majelan-raises-funds/), "EU Startups", 14 December 2018

1. ["Paris-based Majelan snaps up €6 million to disrupt podcast industry"](https://www.eu-startups.com/2019/12/paris-based-majelan-snaps-up-e6-million-to-disrupt-podcast-industry/), *EU Startups*, 20 December 2019

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