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- ↑ "L'émission "30 millions d'amis" sera diffusée sur France 3". Télé Satellite (in French). 23 August 2006.
- ↑ "Emap France cède Trente millions d'amis à Aniwa". Stratégies (in French). 31 August 2001.
- ↑ Bourdon, Franck (2 August 2001). "Aniwa rachète le magazine 30 millions d'amis". Journal du Net (in French).
- ↑ Mourlot, Nathalie (12 June 2012). "Télé-Animaux mise sur ses 30 millions d'amis". L'Express (in French).
