La Dépêche tunisienne was a French language daily newspaper published in Tunisia during the French protectorate. Most literate French people in Tunisia at this time bought the paper[1]. It also had a virtual monopoly on the daily French-language press in Tunisia via control of presses and titles such as Le Petit Matin[1]. Politically in favour of the right, it was financed by major groups in mainland France and by local businesses[1]. It had a circulation figure of 35,000 until 1939.