Point de Vue

[kalnel]

Originally Posted by Marengo

Well, I looked in this weeks (week 2) issue of PdV and we are not the only ones who are noticing PdV´s change of course.

For those keeping track over the last six months:
Total: 26 issues
Sarkozy/Carla/Cecilia-related: 13 covers (50%)
Monaco royals: 4 covers
British royals: 2 covers (including one on Kate)
Spanish royals: 2 covers
Danish royals: 1 cover
Other non-royals: 4 issues

Here's the list, working backwards from January 8, 2008 to July 10, 2007:
Carla and Sarkozy
Carla and Sarkozy
Carla without Sarkozy
Carla and Sarkozy
Betancourt kids (was Sarkozy sick this week?)
Sarkozy and his mother
Cecilia Sarkozy
Elena
Sarkozy, Bush, and others
Albert and Charlene
Bernadette Chirac discussing Sarkozy's role
Sarkozy and Cecilia
Sarkozy and Cecilia
Joachim and Marie
Two non-royals I don't recognize (and small picture of Cecilia)
Cecilia Sarkozy's ex-husband
Luciano Pavarotti
Cecilia Sarkozy
Diana
Kate Middleton
Charlotte Casiraghi
Queen Sophia
Cecilia Sarkozy
Camilla al-Fayed
Caroline
Grace

(And, frankly, I don't care if she was a super-model -- Carla is just not that pretty or interesting that she merits a cover every week!)

[CaliforniaDreamin]

I could NOT agree more. Even during Carla's heydey in the 90's I didn't think she was all that interesting or beautiful, and frankly her character makes her appear downright unattractive.

Thanks for posting this info. I will NOT be subscribing to Point de Vue any time soon!

[kalnel]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaDreamin

Thanks for posting this info. I will NOT be subscribing to Point de Vue any time soon!

Well, if they hear enough comments like that, they'll change their editorial direction or die!

[Marengo]

Well sadly for us I suspect that Sarkozy & co on the cover sells more copies in loose sales than a royal on the cover. So I suppose the new customers make up for the lost ones. I can imagine that subscribers are going to complain more & more they will balance it a bit more.

For now the only other option (in french) is the Belgian magazine ´Royals´ that appears in French, Dutch and German. Lots of pictures in this magazine but much less in-depth articles than PdV.

[CaliforniaDreamin]

Royals Magazine from Belgium is awesome! It's a motherlode of info on the Royals, and NO CELEBRITIES AT ALL. There is a natural emphasis on the BeNeLux Royals-particularly Belgium- because the magazine is printed in Belgium, but that's fine because I adore the BRF.

Unfortunately it only comes out in French or Dutch so people who cannot read either language will not be able to enjoy it.

I subscribe to it in French, and I hardly miss Point de Vue anymore at all.

[kalnel]

[Groan....] Just had a look at the january 15 PDV cover -- Cecilia Sarkozy this week.

[CaliforniaDreamin]

Originally Posted by kalnel

[Groan....] Just had a look at the january 15 PDV cover -- Cecilia Sarkozy this week.

I wish I could write in French, I'd send a very irate letter! Why don't they just rename it "Sarkozy Weekly?!" I am certain that many others are starting to find this VERY annoying and if I were a subscriber I'd cancel.

But I suppose it could be worse...what if the French were as obsessed with Britney Spears and Lindsey Lohan as the Americans-UGGHH!!

As tiresome as this Sarkozy thing is becoming I'd rather read about them vs the horrible American alternative ANY day!!

[JulieS]

Originally Posted by Marengo

As a non frenchman I am getting a bit tired by the present course of Point de Vue, is it really necessairy to put Nicolas Sarkozy, Cecilia and/or the kids on the cover each and every week? This week they were rather original, they had Andree Sarkozy on the cover, mother of the president... a bit weird for a magazine that traditionally focusses on royalty. And when I opened the magazine I got a page with Selma Hayek, Maxima and Ingrid Betancourt all next to each other. Gushing about Maxima´s clothes next to a picture of a broken Ingrid Betancourt.... sigh.

I agree with you Marengo. I'm very disappointed by Point de vue.

[sgl]

It's funny that people are getting sick of the Sarkozys in Point de Vue. The December issue of American Vogue featured a lengthy article on their marriage. Last month, the American television news show "60 Minutes" featured an interview with Sarkozy, and I have seen coverage of them in several American newspapers. Point de Vue isn't the only media outlet that is giving coverage to these people. It seems they are everywhere (for better or worse).

[Marengo]

Well, this weeks PdV, with Cecilia on the cover had a special letter from the editor on the first page. Apparently she gets a LOT of messages saying ´enough is enough´, ´no more Sarkozy!´ and more like that. The editor babbles on about how we want to know all about the royals, that the magazine was founded in 1945 etc. And than she says that since 1945 society has changed so the magazine has to change too, so basically she is saying that PdV will continue on this course. Dispite all the compints.

Consequently the PdV of this week hs only 3 articles about a royal. Sigh....

[Drottning]

Originally Posted by Marengo

Well, this weeks PdV, with Cecilia on the cover had a special letter from the editor on the first page. Apparently she gets a LOT of messages saying ´enough is enough´, ´no more Sarkozy!´ and more like that. The editor babbles on about how we want to know all about the royals, that the magazine was founded in 1945 etc. And than she says that since 1945 society has changed so the magazine has to change too, so basically she is saying that PdV will continue on this course. Dispite all the compints.

Consequently the PdV of this week hs only 3 articles about a royal. Sigh....

Oh gosh..... Say it isn't so!!! PdV, once the creme de la creme of royalty magazines, is no more.

[kalnel]

I wonder if any French readers can enlighten us -- is Sarkozy the main story in all the French magazines these days, or this a special preoccupation Point de Vue has?

Here in the U.S., I've seen more stories about him than we usually do about foreign leaders, but he's not getting daily or weekly coverage anywhere -- it's about on a par with what Tony Blair got.

From what I've read in Point de Vue, they seem to be trying to cover this like the Kennedys (ugh), with constant stories about every little thing. (Nothing irritates me more than when the media refers to the Kennedys as "royalty." Not even close.)

I hope PDV comes to its senses.

[Marengo]

Well, I am not french but judging from the french boulevard magazines I see in the stands of the trainstation and such Sarkozy is certainly making the headlines of all magazines, esp. now he is dating Carla Bruni. Still, PdV has more covers etc. about him, Cecilia, Carla, his mother, children etc etc etc. than the other magazines.

[norwegianne]

Originally Posted by Marengo

Well, this weeks PdV, with Cecilia on the cover had a special letter from the editor on the first page. Apparently she gets a LOT of messages saying ´enough is enough´, ´no more Sarkozy!´ and more like that. The editor babbles on about how we want to know all about the royals, that the magazine was founded in 1945 etc. And than she says that since 1945 society has changed so the magazine has to change too, so basically she is saying that PdV will continue on this course. Dispite all the compints.

Consequently the PdV of this week hs only 3 articles about a royal. Sigh....

I suppose it says something when I'm glad I didn't choose to renew my subscription when it expired

I found that, when I got the magazine, I didn't mind so much the first couple of weeks after the election when the Sarcozy's graced the cover… but after a while it just became redundant.

[iloveroyals]

I've just returned from France after a nine day stay. As I usually do, (which drives my family nuts),the first thing I did was visit the wonderful newstands at the airport to catch up on the royal gossip in all the international magazines you find there. Well, everything was either about Sarkozy (and Carla) or Obama, TV starlets I have never heard of, one lonely cover in Hola on Princess Latizia. Nothing on the Grimaldis. Same story on my trip back, when the magazines' covers should have changed, but it was really more of the same. Is the interest in royalty disappearing in Europe ? What is going on ?

Paris-Match used to be an excellent source of information and cleverly written articles on royalty, especially on Caroline of Monaco. There seems to have been a rift between the magazine and the Grimaldis ever since Paris-Match revealed the story of Prince Albert's illegitimate children a month or so after his father's death, and was sued. And as "punishment"(?), Paris-Match didn't do any special coverage of Princess Caroline's fiftieth birthday last year. I think they also got tired of being sued by her lawyers. They have to publish the suit in the magazine, which I guess is a bit embarrassing as they don't view themselves as a tabloid say like "Voici", which seems to enjoy being sued every week and having to publish the suit on their cover, but also, and rightly so in my opinion, they once observed that they have always written highly positive articles about Princess Caroline and cannot understand her vindictive attitude. They pointed out that they have always had a genuine interest, attraction and attachment for the princess which started in her early teens, and it truly was reflected in the tone of the articles, the care and wit with which they were written. But since a few years ago, tired of being sued, the tone started changing until I guess they decided to call it quits on any coverage of her (at least in any depth).

To go back to Sarkozy, I think he is great chums with some of these magazine publishers, which may explain all the publicity.

I'll try to scan a magazine cover of "Jours de France" for Kalnel, but there are also quite a few in the thread on "Princess Caroline Cover Girl".

[kalnel]

Well, it's a non-Sarkozy week over at Point de Vue! Alas, I have NO IDEA who the heck the guy on the cover is. (Yvon-Chrysotome Dolto? I guess I'll have to Google to find out who he is.)

Otherwise, they appear to have several royal articles this week.

Merci, beaucoup!

[iloveroyals]

Actually, I made a mistake. The Paris-Match of 10 to 16 of January has Charlene on the cover : "Charlene, already a princess in Monaco". It is a very favorable article, but obviously they are not writing from direct, inner sources. They phrase some comments as if they were facts but when you read between the lines, it appears to be more like speculation.

[TheTruth]

Originally Posted by kalnel

Well, it's a non-Sarkozy week over at Point de Vue! Alas, I have NO IDEA who the heck the guy on the cover is. (Yvon-Chrysotome Dolto? I guess I'll have to Google to find out who he is.)

Otherwise, they appear to have several royal articles this week.

Merci, beaucoup!

That's Carlos. He was a very famous french singer and he died last week so I believe that's what make them took the decision.


Another news : French Magazine "Gala" made its cover on Cécilia Sarkozy comparing her to .... (hang on to your seat) ... Princess Diana ! They don't follow their logic since at first she was Jackie O and now she's Lady Di. What next ? Mother Theresa ??