La Montagne
TypeRegional daily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Centre France group
Founder(s)Alexandre Varenne
Founded1919; 105 years ago (1919)
Political alignmentSocialist
LanguageFrench
HeadquartersClermont-Ferrand
CountryFrance
Circulation140,752 (as of 2020)
ISSN0767-4007
OCLC number474205368
WebsiteLa Montagne

La Montagne is a French language regional daily newspaper based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The title was selected to reflect its alignment with the ideas of the Montagnards of the French Revolution.[1] The paper has been in circulation since 1919.

History and profile

La Montagne was established as an independent socialist publication by Alexandre Varenne in 1919.[2][3][4] He also served as the editor-in-chief of the paper[3] which is headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand.[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.[3][6] It was relaunched on 15 September 1944[3] and became the main daily in Auvergne.[1]

The Centre France group is the owner of La Montagne, which also owns other regional dailies and weeklies.[7] The majority shareholder in the company is the Alexander and Margaret Varenne Foundation.[8] La Montagne began to be published in tabloid format in January 2008.[4]

Circulation

La Montagne sold 246,900 copies in 1990 and 224,000 copies in 1991.[5] The paper sold 209,000 copies in 2000.[9] The circulation of the paper rose to 211,941 copies in 2001[10] and had a readership of 632,000 the same year.[11] La Montagne sold 206,813 copies in 2002.[10] The paper had a circulation of 204,000 copies during the first quarter of 2006.[12] In the period of 2007-2008 its circulation was 191,000 copies.[13]

Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Circulation 197,424 196,108 191,927 186,233 182,600 179,862 168,759 165,390 157,392 145,385 147,735

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "La Montagne (1919-1944)" (in French). Clermont-Ferrand: Clermont Auvergne Metropole Bibliothèques et médiathèques. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ Europa World Year. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2004. p. 1695. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
  3. ^ a b c d John Sweets (1994). Choices in Vichy France: The French Under Nazi Occupation. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 133, 138, 144. ISBN 978-0-19-503751-7.
  4. ^ a b "La Montagne". Cadeauretro. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  5. ^ a b Raymond Kuhn (2006). The Media in France. London; New York: Routledge. pp. 30, 32. ISBN 978-1-134-98053-6.
  6. ^ Alex Hughes; Keith A Reader, eds. (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture. London; New York: Routledge. p. 457. ISBN 978-1-134-78866-8.
  7. ^ "Media". Clermont-Ferrand. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Company description. Groupe Centre-France (La Montagne SA)". G2Mi. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  9. ^ Mary Kelly; Gianpietro Mazzoleni; Denis McQuail, eds. (2003). The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook. London; Thousand Oaks; New Delhi: SAGE Publications. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-4129-3260-8.
  10. ^ a b David Ward (2004). "A mapping study of media concentration and ownership in ten European countries" (PDF). Commissariaat voor de Media. Hilversum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  11. ^ Adam Smith (15 November 2002). "Europe's Top Papers". campaign. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  12. ^ "European Publishing Monitor. France" (PDF). Turku School of Economics (Media Group). March 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  13. ^ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market & Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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