Socpresse

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Socpresse was a French corporation which controlled the conservative daily newspaper Le Figaro, the weekly magazine L'Express, 40% of the weekly Le Journal du Dimanche, Valeurs Actuelles, and the football club FC Nantes. The company was acquired by the Dassault in September 2006. Before that date, 13% of the shares belonged to Aude Ruettard, the granddaughter of Robert Hersant.[1] After the acquisition, Dassault sold off most of the company, retaining Le Figaro and FC Nantes; in 2011, Dassault renamed its remaining core media assets Groupe Figaro.[2]

In total, the Socpresse group owned about 70 newspapers. A partial list includes:[3]

  • Le Bien Public (via Société Delaroche, a fully owned subsidiary)
  • Le Maine Libre (via société d'exploitation du Maine Libre, a 99% owned subsidiary)
  • (via the 98% owned subsidiary Presse Nord)
  • La Voix du Nord, Nord Eclair, , ,

Socpresse also owned 27% of the newspaper company , a company that controls , , Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, . It had a 49% ownership stake in the local TV station TV Nantes Atlantique; and also owns the web sites sport24.com and evene.fr.

References[]

  1. ^ Socpresse-le Figaro Web site of the School of Journalism of Lille
  2. ^ Joux Alexandre (2017). "Stratégies de marques et stratégies éditoriales du Groupe Figaro". Réseaux (in French). 2017/5 (n° 205): 117–143. doi:10.3917/res.205.0117. Retrieved 5 October 2020. le choix en 2011 du nom Groupe Figaro, pour remplacer celui, historique, de la Socpresse, est symbolique de l’investissement stratégique du groupe dans sa marque phare
  3. ^ Socpresse Observatoire français des médias
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