''La Provence'' is a French language
daily newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...
published in
Marseille
Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...
, France.
History and profile
In 1997 ''La Provence'' was created in Marseille from the merger of two daily newspapers, ''Le Provençal'' of former Interior Minister
Gaston Defferre
Gaston Defferre (14 September 1910 – 7 May 1986) was a French Socialist politician. He served as mayor of Marseille for 33 years until his death in 1986. He was minister for overseas territories in Guy Mollet’s socialist government in 1956 ...
and the ''Le Méridional'' of shipowner and congressman,
Jean Alfred Fraissinet.
''La Provence'' was jointly owned by the
Groupe Hersant Média and the
Groupe Bernard Tapie until July 2013 when the latter became the sole owner of the paper. The publisher of the paper is
Hachette Filipacchi Medias Hachette may refer to:
* Hachette (surname)
* Hachette Livre, a French publisher, the imprint of Lagardère Publishing
** Hachette Book Group, the American subsidiary
** Hachette Distribution Services, the distribution arm
See also
* Hachette Fili ...
, a subsidiary of
Lagardère Lagardère may refer to:
Companies
* Lagardère Group, a French media group
** Lagardère Live Entertainment, an entertainment agency subsidiary
** Lagardère News, the media activities arm
** Lagardère Publishing, the book publishing arm
People
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.
In 2020, the circulation of ''La Provence'' was of 81,858 copies.
See also
*
List of newspapers in France
Below is a list of newspapers in France.
National Daily
; Online newspapers
* ''Mediapart'' (internet only, investigative journalism, far-left)
* ''La Tribune'' (switched to internet only since 2012, economics)
* ''Slate (magazine), Slate ...
References
External links
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1997 establishments in France
Newspapers established in 1997
Daily newspapers published in France
Mass media in Marseille