Media Auvergne

We are immersed in American culture: literature, cinema, music, series... Moreover, when we land for the first time in the USA, we are seized by a feeling of "déjà-vu" as our retinas are so impregnated with images and sounds of this country. With its comprehensive reports on cities such as New Orleans, New York and San Francisco, its nature travelogues in Oregon and Wyoming, and its road trips on the blues road and the Pacific Highway, the quarterly Destination USA has quickly become the bible for all lovers of the States.

There's Paris, of course, the Basque coast, the Gironde, Provence and the Côte d'Azur, the châteaux of the Loire, the mountain ranges in summer and winter, but also lesser-known destinations that are just as magical... Our heritage, our landscapes, our gastronomy, our wines and our art of living continue to attract as many foreign visitors as ever. As for our regions, they are the main tourist destination for our compatriots. That's why Destination France is aimed at French readers and foreign tourists alike.

Popular with tourists from all over the world, Spain is now the third most popular destination. Whether for its beaches, its heritage, its lifestyle, its gastronomy or its festive and avant-garde spirit, Spain never ceases to fascinate. Every three months, the bi-media Destination Spain highlights all the facets of a creative, spectacular and endearing Spain with reports from all over the country and breathtaking images.

Among the latest press titles in the field: Van Trip. A new title that The Little Wise Guy discovered with great pleasure when it was released in April 2021. This brand new quarterly magazine is entirely dedicated to the return in force of a very independent way of travelling: the vanlife. On the program: escapades in France and abroad, travel experiences, practical information and many tests to travel closer to nature and in total freedom. Van Trip is available on newsstands or at www.turbulencespresse.fr

The radio station is very popular in the region, both on air and online. Editorial news starts at 6am. The programming is punctuated by flagship shows such as 6-9, the morning show that discusses everyday issues. Every day, listeners are offered practical information, good deals and outings. At 4pm, the H2O program, which has been on air for over 30 years, deals with environmental and nature issues. An excellent travel companion!

Inspired by the program of the same name on France 5, Échappées Belles magazine focuses on meeting and discovering others through travel. Curiosity, tolerance, sharing and respect for different cultures are the key values of this quarterly. With the participation of presenters Sophie Jovillard, Ismaël Khelifa and Jérôme Pitorin, Échappées Belles introduces readers to superb destinations in France and around the world, with numerous sections dedicated to heritage, crafts, gastronomy and nature. Available on newsstands and at www.turbulencespresse.fr

Many French people visit Italy every year, and are among the leaders in the Italian tourist market. And what can we say about the Italian diaspora in France, except that some 4 million French people are of Italian descent... The ties between the two countries are particularly strong, and in France Italian culture is everywhere: in cuisine, art, sport, cinema, music and literature. So it's hardly surprising that Direction Italy has established itself as the media of reference for this fascinating destination!

Helping you discover the world in a fun and intelligent way is the aim of Vasco Editions, who, with Destination Europe, are launching their sixth travel title in 2022. A fervent advocate of slow tourism and respect for the countries we visit, Destination Europe also wants us to experience the wonderful idea of European unity. What better way to understand people and their cultures than through travel? History, heritage, culture or even gastronomy, no area will be neglected.

Founded in 1919, La Montagne is a venerable, modern old lady, sitting atop the Groupe Centre France, an empire that includes other dailies(Le Populaire du Centre, Le Journal du Centre, Le Berry Républicain), regional weeklies, news websites, printing and advertising agencies, and more. A mastodon that covers the entire Massif Central. Local news is covered extensively on the pages of La Montagne, but also on the web, with a site backed up by a strong presence on social networks. A pillar of the PQR.

Ruralys is a web media dealing with economic activities and rural initiatives in the areas of Clermont-Ferrand, Issoire and around. Rurality now rhymes with modernity, the media is present on Instagram and has its own YouTube channel. There are articles about local economy, restaurants and hikes not to be missed in the area, initiatives launched on the territory, but also debates and mood posts. It's of interest to those involved in rural development, but also to individuals and tourists!

The primary vocation of the editions De Boreas was to honour the novels of the land, especially the Auvergne (among its three hundred authors, one finds the recurrent signature of Jean Anglade). Today, after extended to other regions, publications also open to other genres: classical literature, youth books, kitchen books, comic books. De offers up to 200 new per year, and broadcasts six other publishers, including Purple Ink and the Blue leaf, to name but them.

It would be easy to see in Editions Create only regionalist or local production with the sometimes pejorative meaning that these qualifiers convey. Regional heritage, but treated by authors with recognized competences in the historical, architectural or artistic field. So is it the Encyclopedias collection which is the forced reference, by the sum of the knowledge presented of all the good libraries of the Central Massif.

Galipote is a fabulous animal with nocturnal manners. In Francophone Canada, courir means sexual intercourse outside the sacred ties of marriage. In Auvergne, the Galipote is a quarterly of a hundred pages dealing with political, economic and environmental life, where authors such as Chraz, Humoriste comic humoriste'made in France by foreigners'and vocal comic (this is rather bad to the Michelin country). This-year-old duck, very green, is illustrated by many cartoonists.

The voice of France in Auvergne and the voice of Auvergne in France. All the news: society, politics, economics, culture, discovery, through magazines: Goûtez voir, Vous êtes formidables... but also regional investigations, 12 o'clock news, 7 o'clock news, Grand Format... The latest news live on your screens and also on replay on the website and Facebook page. It's THE local TV station, whose teams can be seen in the field in all four of Auvergne's départements.

Francis Debaisieux, photographer emeritus, became passionate about the Massif Central now more than years ago. In 1982, it created a postcard publishing house which broadcasts the impressive number of photographs devoted to the region, all genres combined: landscapes, but also portraits, heritage. A few years later, the house launches in book publishing and today offers many regional books, including many guides, all illustrated with magnificent photos. Among the best known are the treasures of the Romanesque Auvergne and famous and unknown volcanoes of the Massif Central.

Specialized for twenty-five years in the naturalist video reportage, taken by Christian Bouchardy assisted by Noël Gouilloux (cartoonist and decorator) and Yves Boulade (audiovisual technician). A former journalist, this faire naturalist ensures that the best way to preserve nature is to make it known. His humility and kindness only matched the discretion of his fetish animal, the mascot of the department. Catiche (whose name refers to the otter's home) has published fifty books (so many films), feeds local and national broadcasts, a weekly entry in Femina magazine and intervenes for scientific work. Catiche Productions has also won numerous awards for all its documentaries.

The works published by LES include the research of the Faculty of Letters, languages and humanities of the University of Blaise Pascal. They now offer a fairly rich catalogue, focusing mainly on literary studies, history and civilizations, territories and societies.

Puy-de-Dôme en Mouvement is the magazine of the Puy-de-Dôme departmental council which comments on local information. Each month, we find a complete file on a current topic, information from the communities, the state of the roads, the building sites in progress, the territories, the budget, the innovations... also information on the environment, the villages, the social, and the practical pages with the diary, the outings and the notepad. Published in 340,000 copies, it is distributed free of charge to mailboxes, communities, tourist offices...

In recent years, Portugal has become one of the most popular destinations for French people, as evidenced by the ever-increasing number of French people moving to Portugal. The quarterly Destination Portugal is without a doubt the first French magazine to have taken this phenomenon into account. It is not surprising, therefore, that it has become the bi-media (magazine also available in digital format) that is now essential for all lovers of the destination, whether they want to spend their next vacation there or settle down

Created in 2009 at the initiative of Tony Ronchon, the «small publishing house of des» will soon have a small dozen titles. A small self-publishing structure, Loustik offers children some funny and funny stories, vivid color illustrated with characters with great eyes. The texts are signed by Aurélie Vaissier and Cathy Pelletier, illustrations, Tony Ronchon, and mine of nothing, at its regional level, Loustik has already conquered the difficult public of children. It should be acknowledged that the kindness and availability of authors (who go to meet their audiences in schools) are not foreign to this success.