The atypical newspaper “Le Papotin” is hitting newsstands!

The Papotin and its journalists with autism are hitting newsstands! 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 meetingsa show watched by three million viewers on average on France 2 (Les Rencontres du Papotin: the atypical magazine of France 2).

10,000 copies in 3,000 points of sale

Sold for 10 euros and printed in 10,000 copies, its 42^e 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 January 8, 2025, according to a press release from the press group Prisma Mediawhich supports this launch free of charge.

A brand casting

The artistic director of the Paris 2024 Olympic ceremonies, Thomas Jolly, the host Daphné Bürki, the former Minister of Justice Christine 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.

A show created by the Toledano-Nakache duo

Created 35 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 Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (Untouchables), and notably received the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron (Papotin: Macron interviewed by 50 autistic journalists).

Free distribution in the press network

Requested by the newspaper team, Prisma Mediathe leading magazine press group in France (Télé-Leisure, Here, Current Woman, Geoetc.), “mobilized its various partners” to enable its distribution to newsagents. “Thus, the MLP (Messageries Lyonnaises de presse), the SNDP (National Union of Press Depositories) and Culture Presse (Union of Press Broadcasters) all three accepted that the magazine be distributed free of charge in the press network,” according to Prisma Mediawhich 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 Papotin editorial committee”, underlines Prisma Mediain the fold of conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré.

© Cover of 42^e number of Papotin