Historia (newspaper)


Historia is a French monthly magazine devoted to History topics.

History

Historia was created by Jules Tallandier, a former bookseller who became an editor. In 1908 start the Lisez-moi magazine, composed with adventure stories. In December 1908 Historia is created as an historical counterpart to Lisez-moi. The magazine ceased to be released from 1937 to 1945.
The magazine is restarted in 1946 by Maurice Dumoncel, grandson of Jules Tallandier. In 1955, the magazine takes its current title.
In 1999, the Le Point group buys the Tallandier edition, including the Historia magazine. The Tallandier editions are then fragmented, and Historia becomes a part of the Sophia Publications group. Sophia Publications is sold in 2014 to Maurice Szafran, former president of Marianne.
In June 2016, Sophia Publications is sold to the Perdriel group.
On December 2017, Renault buys 40% of Sophia Publications, intending to produce content for connected cars of its brand.