Éditions Philippe Amaury

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Éditions Philippe Amaury (EPA), also known as Groupe EPA or the Amaury Group, is a French media group. As of October 2005, Philippe Amaury owns a 75% stake in the company and Hachette Filipacchi Médias 25%.

EPA publishes le Parisien, a local newspaper in greater Paris, as well as its national edition, Aujourd'hui en France. In partnership with SNC L'Equipe, the group also publishes the sports journals l'Équipe, l'Équipe Magazine, France Football and Vélo Magazine. Furthermore, EPA owns the television channel l'Equipe TV..

Amaury Sport Organisation is one of the largest promoters of sports events in France, including the Tour de France and Paris-Roubaix bicycle races, the Paris-Dakar Rally, the Paris Marathon and the French Open tennis tournament.