L'Économiste explained
| L'Économiste |
| Type: | Daily newspaper (in weekdays) |
| Format: | Tabloid |
| Owners: | Eco-Médias |
| Founder: | Nassredine El Afrit
Marie-Thérèse Bourrut
Abdelmounaïm Dilami |
| Chiefeditor: | Mohamed Benabid |
| Political: | Independent |
| Language: | French |
| Circulation: | 24,053 (2012) |
| Sister Newspapers: | Assabah |
| Oclc: | 688340037 |
L'Économiste is a French-language business newspaper published in Morocco. The newspaper specializes in economic and financial news.
It is headquarted in Casablanca.
L'Economiste is part of Groupe Éco-Médias, which also controls Atlantic Radio and Assabah.
The owner of Groupe Eco-Medias is businessman Zouheir Bennani. He is known as the founder of supermarket company Label Vie and real estate company Aradei Capital.
History and profile
L'Économiste was first published in 1998.[1] The paper is based in Casablanca.[2] It is the sister publication of Arabic daily Assabah and both are owned by Eco-Médias.[3] [4] Although it is an independent paper, it has a pro-government stance.[5]
L'Économiste is published on weekdays and focuses on business news.[5] [6] Its website was launched in 1993, making L'Économiste the second newspaper to have an online edition.[7] The paper is the recipient of the Victoires de la Presse award in the category of the scoop/article of the year.[6]
The 2003 circulation of L'Économiste was 22,000 copies.[1] It was 24,053 copies in 2012.[8]
External links
Notes and References
- Book: William A. Rugh. Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. 9 September 2014. 2004. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-275-98212-6. 103.
- Web site: Media landscape. Morocco. Menasset. 9 October 2014. 15 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141015190305/http://www.menassat.com/?q=en%2Fmedia-landscape%2Fmedia-landscape-11. dead.
- Aziz Douai . In Democracy's Shadow: The 'New' Independent Press and the Limits of Media Reform in Morocco . Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture . 2009 . 6 . 1 . 21 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120227032844/http://www.westminster.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/19988/WPCC-Vol6-No1-Aziz_Douai.pdf . 27 February 2012 .
- Web site: High-End Monthly Launched in Morocco. The Arab Press Network. 9 September 2014. 21 May 2008.
- Book: African Media and ICT4D: Documentary Evidence: A Baseline Study on the State of Media Reporting on ICT and Information Society Issues in Africa. 10 October 2014. 2003. United Nations Publications. 978-92-1-125088-6. 17.
- Web site: Partners. L'Économiste. World Investment Conferences. 24 March 2015. https://archive.today/20150426150025/http://www.worldinvestmentconferences.com/conferences/2013/partners/leconomiste.html. 26 April 2015. dead.
- News: Morocco: Watch-out for the hawks. 24 March 2015. Menassat. APN. 2 October 2007.
- Web site: Chiffres - OJD Maroc - OJD. OJD.ma. 16 March 2014.
