L'Économiste is a French-language business newspaper published in Morocco. The newspaper specializes in economic and financial news.
It is headquartered 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
- (in French)
References
- William A. Rugh. Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004, retrieved 9 September 2014^
- Media landscape. Morocco Menasset, retrieved 9 October 2014^
- 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, retrieved 21 January 2014^
- High-End Monthly Launched in Morocco The Arab Press Network, 21 May 2008, retrieved 9 September 2014^
- African Media and ICT4D: Documentary Evidence: A Baseline Study on the State of Media Reporting on ICT and Information Society Issues in Africa United Nations Publications, 2003, retrieved 10 October 2014^
- Partners. L'Économiste World Investment Conferences, retrieved 24 March 2015^
- Morocco: Watch-out for the hawks Menassat, 2 October 2007, retrieved 24 March 2015^
- Chiffres – OJD Maroc – OJD OJD.ma, retrieved 16 March 2014^