''L'Économiste'' is a
French-language business newspaper published in
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
. The newspaper specializes in economic and financial news.
It is headquartered in Casablanca.
L'Economiste is part of Groupe Éco-Médias, which also controls Atlantic Radio and Assabah.
The owner of Groupe Eco-Medias is businessman Zouheir Bennani. He is known as the founder of supermarket company Label Vie and real estate company Aradei Capital.
History and profile
''L'Économiste'' was first published in 1998.
The paper is based in
Casablanca
Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...
. It is the sister publication of
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
daily ''
Assabah'' and both are owned by
Eco-Médias. Although it is an independent paper, it has a pro-government stance.
''L'Économiste'' is published on weekdays and focuses on business news.
[
The 2003 circulation of ''L'Économiste'' was 22,000 copies.][ It was 24,053 copies in 2012.]
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External links
* (in French)
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1998 establishments in Morocco
Business newspapers
French-language newspapers published in Morocco
Mass media in Casablanca
Newspapers published in Morocco
Newspapers established in 1998
Société Nationale d'Investissement