Dupuis

In June 2004, Dupuis was bought by [[Média-Participations]], which now owns almost all major European comic book publishers, including [[Dargaud]] and [[Le Lombard]],{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Ann|author-link=Ann Miller (comics scholar)|title=Reading Bande Dessinee: Critical Approaches to French-language Comic Strip|year=2008|publisher=Intellect Books|isbn=9781841501772|pages=364|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5KY_CdALWkC&pg=PA50 |access-date=15 October 2012}} More recently, in 2015, Dupuis joined with twelve other European comics publishing actors to create [[Europe Comics]], a digital initiative co-funded by the European Commission's [[Creative Europe]] program.{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/projects/ce-project-details-page/?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/0ca16b86-fd6c-46e0-a07e-92cea6d757c9|title=Creative Europe Project Results: Europe Comics|publisher=Creative Europe|access-date=3 March 2017}}

In June 2004, Dupuis was bought by [[Média-Participations]], which now owns almost all major European comic book publishers, including [[Dargaud]] and [[Le Lombard]],{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Ann|author-link=Ann Miller (comics scholar)|title=Reading Bande Dessinee: Critical Approaches to French-language Comic Strip|year=2008|publisher=Intellect Books|isbn=9781841501772|pages=364|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5KY_CdALWkC&pg=PA50 |access-date=15 October 2012}} More recently, in 2015, Dupuis joined with twelve other European comics publishing actors to create [[Europe Comics]], a digital initiative co-funded by the European Commission's [[Creative Europe]] program.{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/projects/ce-project-details-page/?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/0ca16b86-fd6c-46e0-a07e-92cea6d757c9|title=Creative Europe Project Results: Europe Comics|publisher=Creative Europe|access-date=3 March 2017}}

In August 2007, Dupuis had increased its animation production activites when they alongside its parent Média-Participations had partnered with Belgian broadcasting network [[RTBF]] to form an in-house Belgian graphic & animation production studio called DreamWall, the new animation studio will be located in [[Marcinelle, Charleroi]] and would handle all animation services for all of the animated television series produced by Dupuis' production arm Dupuis Audiovisuel and its fellow animation studios [[Dargaud Media]] and [[Ellipsanime|Ellipsanime Productions]] alongside outside studios starting with the television series ''Cedric'' with Dupuis holding a 51% in the new animation studio and RTBF holding a 49% in the new studio.{{cite web|title=DreamWall has become a reality|url=https://www.lalibre.be/economie/entreprises-startup/2007/08/17/dreamwall-devenu-realite-AUUDFRSHZJH4VHIFITW5UFPPJU/|website=La Libre|first=Philippe|last=Mac Kay|language=FR|date=August 17, 2008}}{{cite web|title=With Dreamwall, Dupuis and RTBF are creating a Walloon competitiveness cluster|url=https://www.actuabd.com/Avec-Dreamwall-Dupuis-et-la-RTBF-creent-un-pole-de-competitivite-wallon|website=Actua BD|first=Nicolas|last=Anspach|first2=Didier|last2=Pasamonik|date=August 20, 2007|language=FR}}

In August 2007, Dupuis had increased its animation production activities when they alongside its parent Média-Participations had partnered with Belgian broadcasting network [[RTBF]] to form an in-house Belgian graphic & animation production studio called DreamWall, the new animation studio will be located in [[Marcinelle, Charleroi]] and would handle all animation services for all of the animated television series produced by Dupuis' production arm Dupuis Audiovisuel and its fellow animation studios [[Dargaud Media]] and [[Ellipsanime|Ellipsanime Productions]] alongside outside studios starting with the television series ''Cedric'' with Dupuis holding a 51% in the new animation studio and RTBF holding a 49% in the new studio.{{cite web|title=DreamWall has become a reality|url=https://www.lalibre.be/economie/entreprises-startup/2007/08/17/dreamwall-devenu-realite-AUUDFRSHZJH4VHIFITW5UFPPJU/|website=La Libre|first=Philippe|last=Mac Kay|language=FR|date=August 17, 2008}}{{cite web|title=With Dreamwall, Dupuis and RTBF are creating a Walloon competitiveness cluster|url=https://www.actuabd.com/Avec-Dreamwall-Dupuis-et-la-RTBF-creent-un-pole-de-competitivite-wallon|website=Actua BD|first=Nicolas|last=Anspach|first2=Didier|last2=Pasamonik|date=August 20, 2007|language=FR}}

In March 2013, Dupuis who owned a minority stake in [[Marsu Productions]] announced that they're buying out and taking full control of publishing house Marsu Productions along with their catalogue, thus bringing their publishing activities and the Marsupilami franchise back to their original publisher Dupuis.{{cite web|title=Dupuis Takes Back The Marsupilami|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marsu-productions/|website=Bleeding Cool News|first=Rich|last=Johnston|date=March 26, 2013|access-date=December 18, 2024}}

In March 2013, Dupuis who owned a minority stake in [[Marsu Productions]] announced that they're buying out and taking full control of publishing house Marsu Productions along with their catalogue, thus bringing their publishing activities and the Marsupilami franchise back to their original publisher Dupuis.{{cite web|title=Dupuis Takes Back The Marsupilami|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marsu-productions/|website=Bleeding Cool News|first=Rich|last=Johnston|date=March 26, 2013|access-date=December 18, 2024}}