Corse-Matin
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 2006 the circulation of Corse-Matin was 44,360 copies.[8]
References
- ↑ Oda O'Carroll; David Atkinson (2004). Corsica. Lonely Planet. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-74059-376-2. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ "French media printer moves to Berliner format with KBA Commander 6/2". RISI. Würzburg. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ "Marseille Plus to Hersant". Newspaper Innovation. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ John E Richardson; Stephen Huckerby; Mike Williams (2007). "Nation, Culture and Identity in a French language Corsican Newspaper" (Conference papers). Freewebs. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- 1 2 "Groupe Nice-Matin". G2mi. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ Lara Marlowe (3 July 2013). "French ex-con still 'coming up from ashes' at 70". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Paris shooting: A timeline of violent attacks on French media". The Star. Paris. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 Jef Costello (15 April 2007). "France: One-day strike at Nice-Matin". Libcom. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ Samantha Hurst (21 August 2014). "Employees of Nice-Matin Launch Crowdfunding Campaign to Save their Newspaper". Crowdfund Insider. Retrieved 7 May 2015.