The Journal of Women

What The Journal of Women does

The Journal of Women (Journal des Femmes) is a French-language women's digital lifestyle media platform founded in 2003 and operated by CCM Benchmark Group, a subsidiary of Groupe Figaro, which is in turn owned by the Dassault Group. The platform serves French-speaking women with editorial content across fashion, beauty, cooking, home decoration, health, parenting, society, entertainment, horoscopes, and family activities, distributed through a network of specialized sub-sites (sante.journaldesfemmes.fr, cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr, deco.journaldesfemmes.fr, sante-medecine.journaldesfemmes.fr, hugolescargot.journaldesfemmes.fr). The technology is a web-based digital publishing platform built on CCM Benchmark's content management system, featuring community discussion forums across nine lifestyle topics, a newsletter subscription system used for content delivery and advertising targeting, and integrated e-commerce shopping guides. Content moderation is documented through annual Digital Services Act (DSA) transparency reports.

The business model is free, ad-supported consumer media. The platform generates revenue through display advertising, sponsored content, affiliate e-commerce links in shopping guides, and newsletter-based targeted advertising and commercial prospection by CCM Benchmark Group and partners. The company is a SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée) entity with no public listing. As part of the CCM Benchmark Group portfolio (which also includes L'Internaute, Comment ça marche, Droits-finances, and JDN), Journal des Femmes benefits from cross-promotion within the Groupe Figaro media ecosystem. The broader CCM Benchmark group claims international distribution across 11 languages and over 50 million unique visitors globally. The company is headquartered in Paris, France, and operates within an 11-50 employee headcount band.

Name

The Journal of Women

Legal name

CCM Benchmark Group

Website

https://journaldesfemmes.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Journal des Femmes is a French women's lifestyle digital media platform operating fashion, beauty, cooking, health, and decoration sub-sites with community forums and newsletters, serving French-speaking women consumers via free, advertising-supported content owned by CCM Benchmark Group (Groupe Figaro / Dassault).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Lifestyle Digital Media

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Consumer Lifestyle & Fashion Magazines (MPAJAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Home, Garden & DIY Magazines (MPAJAEAG)

Keywords

• Women's lifestyle magazine
• Digital media publishing
• Online editorial content
• Fashion beauty portal
• Lifestyle content platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Journal des Femmes is a free, French-language digital women's magazine and lifestyle content platform operated by CCM Benchmark Group. It publishes editorial articles, shopping guides, horoscopes, and curated content across fashion, beauty, cooking, home decoration, health, parenting, entertainment, and celebrity news, supported by topic-specific sub-sites, community forums, and email newsletters. Revenue is generated through display advertising, sponsored content, affiliate e-commerce links, and targeted newsletter advertising.

Product overview

The Journal des Femmes is a comprehensive French women's digital magazine platform operated by CCM Benchmark Group (a subsidiary of Figaro Group). The offering consists of a unified content portal supplemented by specialized sub-sites covering cooking/recipes (Cuisine), health (Santé), and home décor (Déco), alongside a children's activities brand (Hugo l'Escargot) and community forums. The platform delivers editorial content across fashion, beauty, cooking, home, health, society, celebrity news, leisure, and horoscopes through articles, shopping guides, and interactive community features. Additional services include email newsletters with targeting capabilities and forum-based community engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Journal des Femmes (Main Website)
• Cuisine Journal des Femmes
• Santé Journal des Femmes
• Déco Journal des Femmes
• Hugo l'Escargot
• Community Forums
• Email Newsletter Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 50 million unique visitors globally for CCM Benchmark Group's international sites across 11 languages
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Grazia (France): French edition of Grazia covering fashion trends, celebrity news, beauty, and lifestyle. Targets the same demographic of style-conscious French women with comparable editorial content.
• Aufeminin: One of the largest French women's lifestyle portals covering beauty, fashion, parenting, cooking, and entertainment. Operates a multi-vertical digital media model with forums and newsletters, directly overlapping with Journal des Femmes' audience and content mix.
• Madame Figaro: Women's lifestyle vertical of Le Figaro within the same Groupe Figaro / Dassault corporate family. Covers fashion, beauty, culture, society, and lifestyle for French-speaking women, sharing the parent ecosystem and overlapping audience with Journal des Femmes.
• Elle (France): French edition of the global Elle brand, focused on fashion, beauty, celebrity, and lifestyle for women. Direct competitor in the French women's lifestyle digital media category with comparable content verticals.
• Cosmopolitan (France): French edition of Cosmopolitan covering relationships, beauty, fashion, celebrity, and pop culture. Competes directly with Journal des Femmes for young to mid-adult French women seeking lifestyle content.
• Voici: Major French celebrity and lifestyle news site serving a broad female audience. Overlaps with Journal des Femmes' Stars/People, Société, and lifestyle coverage areas.
• Marie Claire (France): French edition of the global women's lifestyle brand covering fashion, beauty, culture, and social issues. Competes for the same French-speaking female audience with a similar editorial mix and premium positioning.

Regional players

• Flow (Netherlands): Dutch-based women's lifestyle brand covering mindfulness, creativity, work, and wellbeing. Comparable in audience and editorial philosophy but serves a different linguistic market, illustrating how the women's lifestyle vertical extends across European markets.

Broad incumbents

• Les Numériques: Leading French digital media brand operated within the CCM Benchmark Group portfolio. While product-focused (tech), it demonstrates the broader competitive set in French digital publishing and the cross-promotional ecosystem Journal des Femmes operates within.

Emerging players

• Biba Magazine: French women's lifestyle media brand covering beauty, fashion, and wellness. Smaller and more niche than Journal des Femmes but competes for the same French-speaking female demographic with overlapping content categories.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/journalDfemmes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/le-journal-des-femmes

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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