Lagardere reported fourth-quarter and full-year earnings on Thursday afternoon, with publishing sales of €700 million in the holiday quarter 2020, up 3.4 percent from €677 million a year ago. The performance was “led by positive sales trends in the United Kingdom and the post-lockdown catch-up effect in France in December.” For the full year, publishing sales of €2.375 billion were down €9 million from a year ago. Recent acquisitions added €30 million to sales, with €14 million from Le Livre Scolaire, €10 million from Laurence King Publishing and €6 million from Blackrock Games. (The addition of the catalog from Disney […]