Socpresse
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Socpresse is a French corporation which controls the conservative daily newspaper Le Figaro, 40% of the weekly Le Journal du Dimanche, as well as L'Express and Valeurs Actuelles, and the football club FC Nantes Atlantique. The company is 100% owned by the arms group Dassault since September 2006. Before that date, 13% of the shares belonged to Aude Ruettard, the granddaughter of Robert Hersant.[1]
In total, the Socpresse group edits about 70 newspapers. A partial list includes:[2]
- Le Bien Public (via Société Delaroche, a fully-owned subsidiary)
- Le Maine Libre (via société d'exploitation du Maine Libre, a 99% owned subsidiary)
- Nord Matin (via the 98% owned subsidiary Presse Nord)
- La Voix du Nord, Nord Eclair, Nord Littoral, L'avenir de l'Artois, L'Indépendant du Pas de Calais
- Le Courrier de l'Ouest
Socpresse also owns 27% of the newspaper company Est Républicain, a company that controls La Liberté de l'Est, Le Journal de la Haute-Marne, Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace, Le Journal de la Haute-Marne. It has a 49% ownership stake in the local TV station TV Nantes Atlantique; and also owns the web sites sport24.com and evene.fr.
[edit] References
- ^ Socpresse-le Figaro Web site of the School of Journalism of Lille
- ^ Socpresse Observatoire français des médias
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