An article published on Monday, October 30th, in
MediaDailyNews, titled "Changing Of Le Garde: Hachette Faces Hatchet, Consolidation" included the sentence: "In addition to planning big media
acquisitions in the United States, rumor has it Quillot may sell some Hachette properties, and has already begun firing executives from businesses slated for the auction block." However, parent
company Lagardere has not indicated it plans to sell any part of Hachette's American magazine business. The rumored sales concern Hachette properties in other parts of the world, as well as some of
Lagardere's non-Hachette properties in the U.S.