Carried by non-professional journalists with autism spectrum disorders, “Le Papotin” will be distributed on newsstands for its 42nd issue.
The 42nd issue of “Papotin” has been on newsstands since January 8. Prisma Media
By Télérama, with AFP
Published on January 8, 2025 at 12:03 p.m.
Asuccessfully adapted for television, Le Papotin, an atypical magazine run by journalists with autism spectrum disorders, hits newsstands on Wednesday, a first since its creation in 1990, announced Prisma Media, which is supporting this launch free of charge. Until now, you had to go to the dedicated website to order this newspaper which appears once a year and has sold between 3,000 and 3,500 copies since it gave rise, in 2022, to the Papotin meetings, a program watched by three million viewers on average on France 2.
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Sold for 10 euros and printed in 10,000 copies, its 42nd issue, which devotes its front page to singer Philippe Katerine and Shoah survivor Ginette Kolinka, will be available “in nearly 3,000 points of sale throughout France” from this Wednesday, according to a press release from the Prisma Media press group. The artistic director of the Paris Olympic ceremonies, Thomas Jolly, the host Daphné Bürki, the former Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira and the Russian model Natalia Vodianova also appear in the summary of the 136 pages of this edition, faithful to the previous ones, where many personalities took part in the game of unfiltered and confusing interviews.
Created thirty-five years ago by Driss El Kesri, educator at the Antony day hospital, near Paris, The Papotin is based on an editorial committee made up of around forty non-professional journalists with autism spectrum disorders. The spin-off show, moderated by Julien Bancilhon, editor-in-chief of the publication and psychologist, was launched on an idea from directors Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (Untouchables) and notably received the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron. Requested by the newspaper team, Prisma Media, the leading magazine press group in France (Télé-Loisirs, Here, Current Woman, Geo…), “mobilized its various partners” to enable its distribution to newsagents.
“Thus, the MLP (Messageries lyonnaises de presse), the SNDP (National union of press depositaries) and Culture Presse (union of press distributors) all three accepted that the magazine be distributed free of charge in the press network”, according to Prisma Media, which is also “intervened with the printer to adapt the production method to the increase in print run”. On the other hand, “editorial work remains exclusively managed by the editorial committee of the I’m a pothead », underlines Prisma Media, in the fold of conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré.
