Hachette Filipacchi Media US

Name

Hachette Filipacchi Media US

Website

https://hfmus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Magazine Publishing

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 industries

Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM), Digital Magazine & Newspaper Subscription Platforms (Paywalls, Membership) (MPAJAMAD)

Keywords

• Consumer magazine publishing
• Digital magazine content
• Magazine advertising
• Brand internationalization
• Media distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Core offering

Hachette Filipacchi Media US publishes and distributes a portfolio of consumer magazine brands through print and digital channels, including mobile apps and online portals. As part of Lagardère's media division Lagardère Active, it acquires magazine brands and extends them internationally, with the company owning 100% of acquired brands such as Quote Media following the 2023 acquisition.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consumer Magazine Titles Portfolio of consumer-facing magazine brands distributed in print and via digital channels (mobile apps, online portals), serving U.S. readers with content across interest verticals.
• Magazine Advertising Placements Sale of advertising space in HFM's print magazines and digital magazine properties, serving brand advertisers and agencies seeking placements across HFM's magazine audience.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LagardèrecoreOthersHFM is a subsidiary of Lagardère, a major global publisher present in 41 countries. This parent-subsidiary relationship provides HFM with access to Lagardère's global publishing infrastructure, international reach, and corporate resources.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• A360 Media: A360 Media (formerly American Media) operates celebrity, lifestyle, and entertainment magazine brands in the US (Us Weekly, OK!, Star). It is a direct peer in the US consumer/entertainment magazine segment and competes for similar advertiser budgets and reader attention as HFM US's lifestyle titles.
• Future plc: Future plc is a UK-based magazine publisher that has successfully pivoted to digital media across consumer tech, gaming, and lifestyle verticals. It is a direct peer in magazine publishing with an even more advanced digital transformation, providing a comparable benchmark for HFM US's digital monetization trajectory.
• Condé Nast: Condé Nast is a leading US-based magazine publisher of premium consumer titles (Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Architectural Digest). It directly competes with HFM US in the consumer lifestyle/fashion magazine segment and operates with a similar brand-extension and digital-transformation playbook.
• Bauer Media Group: Bauer Media is a major European-based magazine publisher with a global portfolio spanning consumer and trade titles. Like HFM US (and Lagardère), it operates a multi-country publishing model with consumer lifestyle, entertainment, and specialty magazines — comparable in business model and international brand-extending M&A strategy.
• Dotdash Meredith: Dotdash Meredith (formerly Meredith Corporation, owned by IAC) operates a portfolio of US magazine brands (People, Better Homes & Gardens) and has aggressively pivoted to digital content. It is a direct peer in the US consumer magazine market and serves as a leading example of digital-first magazine transformation relevant to HFM US.
• Hearst Communications: Hearst is one of the largest US magazine publishers (Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, Car and Driver, Road & Track), overlapping with HFM US across consumer lifestyle, automotive, and trade titles. Both publishers have diversified into digital, TV, and business media, making them closely comparable in business model and scale.
• Dennis Publishing: Dennis Publishing is a UK-based independent magazine publisher with consumer and B2B titles (The Week, MoneyWeek, Auto Express). It is a direct peer in specialized consumer magazine publishing and serves as a comparable in the European international brand-extension playbook HFM US pursues.
• Trusted Media Brands: Trusted Media Brands (formerly Reader's Digest Association) operates consumer magazine brands including Taste of Home, Reader's Digest, and The Family Handyman. It is a direct US-based peer focused on consumer magazine publishing with multi-platform distribution, comparable in target audience and product portfolio shape.

Broad incumbents

• Bonnier Group: Bonnier is a Swedish-based, family-owned media conglomerate with significant magazine publishing operations across the Nordics and US (including Popular Science and other titles). It is a broad incumbent comparable to Lagardère as a diversified international media group that operates magazine publishing as part of a larger portfolio.

Emerging players

• Bloomberg Media: Bloomberg Media operates Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg.com, blending premium business/finance publishing with digital subscriptions and events. It is an emerging-adjacent peer showing how legacy magazine brands can be repositioned around subscription and data products, relevant to HFM US's potential pivot strategy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A5 records

Investments2 records

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