Mathieu Gallet

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Mathieu Gallet
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Mathieu Gallet in 2019
Born (1977-01-08) 8 January 1977 (age 46)
Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France
Nationality French
Alma mater Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux
Pantheon-Sorbonne University
OccupationPresident of Radio France (2014-2018)

Mathieu Gallet (born 8 January 1977) is a French senior civil servant and political advisor. He was the chief executive of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel from 2010 to 2014. He was the CEO of Radio France from 2014 to 2018. In 2019, he launched Majelan, a podcast distribution and production platform. [1]

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Early life

Gallet was born on 8 January 1977 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot. [2] [3] He earned a bachelor's degree in the humanities and graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux. [2] [3] He also earned a master's degree in political economy from Pantheon-Sorbonne University. [2] [3]

Career

Gallet began his career at Pathé, followed by Canal +. [2] [3] He worked as an advisor to the Industry Minister François Loos in 2006, Culture Minister Christine Albanel from 2007 to 2009, and Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand from 2009 to 2010. [2] [3] [4]

Gallet was the chief executive of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel from 2010 to 2014 [2] [3] [4] He was the CEO of Radio France from 2014 to 2018. [2]

Following a conviction for favouritism in the attribution of publicity contracts during his time as President of INA, Gallet was sentenced to a one-year jail term, which was suspended, as well as a 20,000 euro fine. This sentence is currently[ when? ] under appeal. Frederic Mitterrand suggested that Emmanuel Macron was involved in Gallet's conviction because the rumors about their homosexual affairs were damaging to Macron's presidential image. [5] The scoop was first published by Christophe Soret, director of the French LGBT bimonthly Garçon Magazine which pictured Macron on the cover with a nude photomontage [6] and also adding a separate special supplement on the gay's coming out. [7]

Following this conviction, the Conseil Superieur de l'Audiovisuel removed Gallet as President of Radio France on 31 January 2018.

In 2018, he founded Majelan, a start-up with aspirations to become the "Netflix of podcasts". [8] The platform was launched in June 2019. [1] By December 2019, Majelan had raised €10 million. [9]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rahal, Sophie (27 February 2014). "Mathieu Gallet, la voix de l'ambition à la tête de Radio France". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mathieu Gallet nommé à la tête de l'INA". Le Monde (in French). 26 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 Ramspacher, Marie-Sophie (18 June 2010). "Mathieu Gallet Seul à bord de l'Institut national de l'audiovisuel". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Henry Samuel (1 February 2018). "Emmanuel Macron accused of having state radio chief sacked to end rumour they had an affair". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Présidentielle: Emmanuel Macron torse-nu en couverture de "Garçon Magazine"". 20 Minutes (in French). 28 April 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
    - Boudena, Sarah (7 February 2017). "Emmanuel Macron dit halte à la "rumeur désobligeante"" [Emmanuel Macron orders to stop a "defamatory rumour"]. Garçon Magazine (in French). Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. ...Nicolas Dhuicq affirmer qu'Emmanuel Macron est soutenu par Pierre Bergé, ouvertement gay, et en en tirer la conclusion hâtive que cela confirme l'homosexualité du candidat à la présidence.
  7. ↑ Spina, Ginevra (28 April 2017). "Emmanuel Macron fa "coming out": bufera sulla copertina della rivista gay". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  8. ↑ French startup Majelan raises €4 million to become the "Netflix of podcasts", "EU Startups", 14 December 2018
  9. ↑ "Paris-based Majelan snaps up €6 million to disrupt podcast industry", EU Startups, 20 December 2019


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