Media of Morocco
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[edit] History
[edit] Early history
The first newspaper to appear in Morocco was an English weekly called "Maghreb Al Aksa" in 1877.[citation needed] Such publications were not generally available in Moroccan cities until 1908. There was one newspaper before : El Eco de Tetuán 1860 in spanish. It was founded by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, spanish writer and journalist.http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860
Under the French protectorate from 1920, French titles such as "L’Echo du Maroc" and "la Vigie Marocaine" started to appear. They were followed by the launch of a press group called "Mas" which issued "Farmhouse" and the daily newspapers "Le petit marocain" and "l'Echo du Maroc", although these titles continued to cater mainly to foreigners.
Presently Moroccan nationalists such as Mohamed Al Ouazzani began to publish their own titles. In 1933 he founded "L'action du peuple", a weekly French language newspaper. Later, Abdekhalek Torres and Mohamed Bennouna issued two publications in Arabic in Tetouan "Al Salam" and "Al Hayat" respectively. These gave the nationalists a platform to advance their demands regarding independence from both France and Spain. More and more foreign press published in Morocco appeared.
Morocco issued a press code on November 15, 1958. [1]
[edit] Today
The government of Morocco owns many key media outlets, including Moroccan radio and television. Moroccans have access to approximately 2,000 domestic and foreign publications[citation needed]. The Moroccan press agency, Maghreb Arab Press, and one Arabic daily newspaper, Al-Anbaa, are official organs of the government. One additional Arabic daily newspaper, Assahra Al Maghribia, and one French-language daily newspaper, Le Matin, are semi-official organs of the government.
ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
In the past the majority of Moroccan newspapers did not represent actual commercial ventures or profit-making corporations, since they were essentially the written public outlet of political parties. As such they were owned by political interests and survived on contributions and government subsidies. In the last 10 years an influx of new capital has led to the creation of newspapers and periodicals that aspire to become commercially profitable. It should be noted, however, that the new publications are still heavily dependent on the government's budgetary allocations and that this reliance is inversely proportional to the professional autonomy of the younger generation of journalists.
ELECTRONIC NEWS MEDIA
The development of the Internet has brought a new dimension to news reporting in Morocco. Many of the major dailies and weeklies can now be accessed on their own Web sites. The landscape is changing almost as quickly as the Moroccan skyline. New publications such as Morocco Newsline Morocco Newsline.[2] (www.morocconewsline.com), an online English language newspaper, are in line with the country efforts to attract English speaking tourists and investors. In 2007, Tourist arrivals from all countries of origin were up. The most significant increase comes from the UK, whose 344 000 visitors represents a 41% rise on 2005 figures.
[edit] Press freedom
Although journalists continue to practice self-censorship, opposition dailies have begun to explore social and political issues that have traditionally been considered out of bounds. There is a substantial and close military relationship with the US, and the media continue to exercise great caution when discussing government corruption, human rights and Morocco’s policy toward Western Sahara. Radio Méditerranée Internationale (Medi-1), a joint French/Moroccan broadcaster, also practices self-censorship.
According to the most recent available information, Morocco has 27 AM radio stations, 25 FM radio stations, 6 shortwave stations, and 5 television stations including 2M TV.[3]
On December 20th, 2006, Moroccan Prime Minister Driss Jettou banned the Arabophone weekly magazine Nichane.[4] This action was taken in retaliation for publishing "provocative jokes" related to religion. The website was also shut down.
[edit] Ranking
- world-wide press freedom index 2002: Morocco ranks 119th out of the 167 countries assessed. For reference, there are 192 members of the UN, and there may be 8 other nations in the world, see List of sovereign states.
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[edit] Media companies
[edit] Operators of the telecommunication
[edit] Canal TV
- RTM
- TVM Europe
- TVM Maroc
- TVM Middle East
- Arriadia TV
- Arriadia 2 TV
- Arrabiaa TV
- Al Maghribia TV
- Assadissa TV
- 2M TV
- 2M Maroc
- 2M Monde
- 2M+
- Medi 1 Sat
[edit] Radio Stations
- Radio 2M
- Medi 1
- Casa FM
- Chada FM
- Hit Radio
- Radio Aswat
- Radio Atlantic
- Radio Plus
- SNRT Chaine inter
- SNRT coranique
- SNRT arabic
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Main Moroccan Media portal (French)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Source: Media and communication - Gov't of Morocco.
- ^ (Chief Editor Karim Zouiyen) “Morocco Newsline”
- ^ Text used in this cited section originally came from: Morocco profile from the Library of Congress Country Studies project.
- ^ Moroccon Prime Minister bans weekly magazine “Nichane”
[edit] References
- This article contains material from the Library of Congress Country Studies, which are United States government publications in the public domain.
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