La Montagne (newspaper)

La Montagne
Type Regional daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Centre France group
Founder(s) Alexandre Varenne
Founded 1918
Language French
Headquarters Clermont-Ferrand
Circulation 172,814 (2014)
ISSN 0767-4007
OCLC number 474205368
Website La Montagne

La Montagne is a French language regional daily newspaper based in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

History and profile

La Montagne was established as an independent socialist publication by Alexandre Varenne in 1918.[1][2] He also served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.[3] which is headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand.[4][5]

La Montagne was censored during World War II when France was occupied by the German forces and the paper was suspended on 27 August 1943.[6][7] It was relaunched on 15 September 1944.[6]

The Centre France group is the owner of La Montagne and it also owns other regional dailies and weeklies.[8] The majority shareholder in the company is the Alexander and Margaret Varenne Foundation.[9] La Montagne began to be published in tabloid format in January 2008.[2][10]

Circulation

La Montagne had a circulation of 246,900 copies in 1990 and 224,000 copies in 1991.[11] Its circulation was 209,000 copies in 2000.[12] The circulation of the paper rose to 211,941 copies in 2001[13] and had a readership of 632,000 the same year.[14] In 2002 its circulation was 206,813 copies.[13] The paper had a circulation of 204,000 copies during the first quarter of 2006[15] and it rose to 207,202 copies for 2006 as a whole.[16] During the period of 2007-2008 its circulation was 191,000 copies.[17]

The circulation of La Montagne was 172,814 copies in 2014.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ John Sweets (13 March 1986). Choices in Vichy France: The French Under Nazi Occupation. Oxford University Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-19-503751-7. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "La Montagne". Cadeauretro. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. ↑ John Sweets (13 March 1986). Choices in Vichy France: The French Under Nazi Occupation. Oxford University Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-19-503751-7. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Raymond Kuhn (7 April 2006). The Media in France. Routledge. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-134-98053-6. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Daily Newspapers: First in a Series on the French Media". Wikileaks. 6 November 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 John Sweets (13 March 1986). Choices in Vichy France: The French Under Nazi Occupation. Oxford University Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-19-503751-7. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Alex Hughes; Keith A Reader, eds. (11 March 2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture. Routledge. p. 457. ISBN 978-1-134-78866-8. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Media". Clermont-Ferrand. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Company description. Groupe Centre-France (La Montagne SA)". G2Mi. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "La tendance à la réduction du format des quotidiens" (PDF) (in French). SPQR. 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  11. ↑ Raymond Kuhn (7 April 2006). The Media in France. Routledge. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-134-98052-9. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  12. ↑ Mary Kelly; Gianpietro Mazzoleni; Denis McQuail, eds. (17 December 2003). The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook. SAGE Publications. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-4129-3260-8. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 David Ward (2004). "A mapping study of media concentration and ownership in ten European countries" (PDF). Commissariaat voor de Media. Hilversum. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  14. ↑ Adam Smith (15 November 2002). "Europe's Top Papers". campaign. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  15. ↑ "European Publishing Monitor. France" (PDF). Turku School of Economics (Media Group). March 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Daily Newspapers: First in a Series on the French Media". Wikileaks. 6 November 2006. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  17. ↑ Anne Austin et. al. (2008). "Western Europe Market & Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Presse Quotidienne Regionale 2014". OJD. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

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