Corse-Matin Explained
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Owners: | Nice-Matin Group |
| Foundation: | 1944 |
| Language: | French |
| Headquarters: | Ajaccio, Corsica |
| Circulation: | 25,906 |
| Circulation Date: | 2020 |
Corse-Matin is a French-language daily local newspaper published in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.[1]
History and profile
Corse-Matin was part of Lagardère Group through its subsidiary Groupe Hachette[2] until August 2007 when it was sold to Hersant Media Group.[3] The paper is owned by Nice-Matin Group.[4] [5] In December 2012 French businessman Bernard Tapie bought a share in the daily.[6] The headquarters of the paper is in Ajaccio.[7]
The sister newspapers of Corse-Matin are Nice-Matin, Monaco-Matin and Var-Matin.[5] [8] [9] In 1998 another local daily of the island, La Corse, merged with Corse-Matin.[8]
Corse-Matin has been subject to terrorist attacks.[7] Its headquarters was attacked by unknown people in 1992, 1994 and 1997.[7] In May 2011 the office of the paper in Bastia was also attacked.[7]
In 2020 the circulation of Corse-Matin was 25,906 copies.
!Year!Circulation| 2005 | 46,677 |
| 2006 | 44,360 |
| 2007 | 43,728 |
| 2008 | 43,156 |
| 2009 | 42,312 |
| 2010 | 41,978 |
| 2011 | 41,274 |
| 2012 | 40,345 |
| 2013 | 38,536 |
| 2014 | 37,427 |
| 2015 | 33,663 |
| 2016 | 32,951 |
| 2017 | 32,792 |
| 2018 | 30,910 |
| 2019 | 28,733 |
| 2020 | 25,906 | |
Notes and References
- Book: Oda O'Carroll. David Atkinson. Corsica. 2004. Lonely Planet. registration. 978-1-74059-376-2. 12.
- News: French media printer moves to Berliner format with KBA Commander 6/2. 7 May 2015. RISI. 13 February 2007. Würzburg. 18 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518071824/http://www.risiinfo.com/technologyarchives/3713.html.
- Web site: Marseille Plus to Hersant. Newspaper Innovation. 7 May 2015. 16 August 2007. 18 May 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085552/http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/index.php/author/admin/page/130/.
- Web site: John E Richardson. Stephen Huckerby. Mike Williams. Nation, Culture and Identity in a French language Corsican Newspaper. 2007. Freewebs. 7 May 2015. Conference papers.
- Web site: Groupe Nice-Matin. G2mi. 7 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091348/http://www.g2mi.com/company_description.php?id=3357&name=Groupe-Nice-Matin#. 18 May 2015. dead.
- News: Lara Marlowe. French ex-con still 'coming up from ashes' at 70. 7 May 2015. The Irish Times. 3 July 2013.
- News: Paris shooting: A timeline of violent attacks on French media. The Star. 7 May 2015. 7 January 2015. Paris.
- News: Jef Costello. France: One-day strike at Nice-Matin. 7 May 2015. Libcom. 15 April 2007.
- News: Samantha Hurst. Employees of Nice-Matin Launch Crowdfunding Campaign to Save their Newspaper. 7 May 2015. Crowdfund Insider. 21 August 2014.
