Mathieu Gallet
{{Short description|French senior civil servant and political advisor}}
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| birth_place = Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France
| nationality = French
| alma mater = Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux
Pantheon-Sorbonne University
| occupation = President of Radio France (2014-2018)
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/04/majelan-is-a-personal-podcast-player-with-premium-content/|title=Majelan is a personal podcast player with premium content|website=TechCrunch|date=4 June 2019 |access-date=2 August 2019}}
Early life
Gallet was born on 8 January 1977 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot.{{cite news|last1=Rahal|first1=Sophie|title=Mathieu Gallet, la voix de l'ambition à la tête de Radio France|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/27/02/2014/lesechos.fr/0203342614814_mathieu-gallet--la-voix-de-l-ambition-a-la-tete-de-radio-france.htm|accessdate=9 May 2017|work=Les Echos|date=27 February 2014|language=fr}}{{cite news|title=Mathieu Gallet nommé à la tête de l'INA|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2010/05/26/mathieu-gallet-nomme-a-la-tete-de-l-ina_1363390_3224.html|accessdate=9 May 2017|work=Le Monde|date=26 May 2010|language=fr}} He earned a bachelor's degree in the humanities and graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux. He also earned a master's degree in political economy from Pantheon-Sorbonne University.
Career
Gallet began his career at Pathé, followed by Canal +. 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.{{cite news|last1=Ramspacher|first1=Marie-Sophie|title=Mathieu Gallet Seul à bord de l'Institut national de l'audiovisuel|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/18/06/2010/LesEchos/20701-070-ECH_mathieu-gallet-seul-a-bord-de-l-institut-national-de-l-audiovisuel.htm|accessdate=9 May 2017|work=Les Echos|date=18 June 2010|language=fr}}
Gallet 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.
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|date=July 2021}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/01/emmanuel-macron-accused-having-state-radio-chief-sacked-end/|title=Emmanuel Macron accused of having state radio chief sacked to end rumour they had an affair|author=Henry Samuel|date=1 February 2018|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=26 July 2021}}
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{{cite web|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/medias/2058907-20170428-presidentielle-emmanuel-macron-torse-nu-couverture-garcon-magazine|title=Présidentielle: Emmanuel Macron torse-nu en couverture de "Garçon Magazine"|date=April 28, 2017|language=French|website=20 Minutes|access-date=January 7, 2020}}
- {{cite news|first1=Sarah|last1=Boudena|url=https://garcon-magazine.com/2017/02/07/macron-matthieu-gallet-couple-candidat-dement/|journal=Garçon Magazine|language=fr|title=Emmanuel Macron dit halte à la "rumeur désobligeante".|trans-title=Emmanuel Macron orders to stop a "defamatory rumour" |date=February 7, 2017|quote=...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.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921090307/https://garcon-magazine.com/2017/02/07/macron-matthieu-gallet-couple-candidat-dement/|archive-date=September 21, 2020|url-status=live}} and also adding a separate special supplement on the gay's coming out.{{cite news|first1=Ginevra|last1=Spina|url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/mondo/emmanuel-macron-fa-coming-out-bufera-sulla-copertina-rivista-1391071.html|title=Emmanuel Macron fa "coming out": bufera sulla copertina della rivista gay|language=Italian|date=April 28, 2017|journal=Il Giornale|access-date=January 7, 2021}}
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".[https://www.eu-startups.com/2018/12/majelan-raises-funds/ French startup Majelan raises €4 million to become the "Netflix of podcasts"], "EU Startups", 14 December 2018 The platform was launched in June 2019. By December 2019, Majelan had raised €10 million.[https://www.eu-startups.com/2019/12/paris-based-majelan-snaps-up-e6-million-to-disrupt-podcast-industry/ "Paris-based Majelan snaps up €6 million to disrupt podcast industry"], EU Startups, 20 December 2019
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