''La Provence'' is a French language
daily newspaper
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published in
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...
, 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 and the ''
Le Méridional'' of shipowner and congressman,
Jean Alfred Fraissinet
Heir to the Compagnie Fraissinet, Lieutenant (later Captain) Jean Alfred Fraissinet also served in the French Air Force during World War I, becoming a flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. Postwar, he took the helm of his family's ship ...
.
''La Provence'' was jointly owned by the
Groupe Hersant Média
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Air and aviation groups
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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 (publisher), a French publisher, the imprint of Lagardère Publishing
** Hachette Book Group, the American subsidiary
** Hachette Distribution Services
Hachette Distribution Services is the ...
, a subsidiary of
Lagardère Lagardère may refer to:
* Lagardère Group, a French media group
* Jean-Luc Lagardère (1928–2003), French engineer and businessman and CEO of the Lagardère Group
* Arnaud Lagardère (born 1961), French businessman and son of Jean-Luc Lagardèr ...
.
In 2020, the circulation of ''La Provence'' was of 81,858 copies.
See also
*
List of newspapers in France
References
External links
Official website
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1997 establishments in France
Newspapers established in 1997
Daily newspapers published in France
Mass media in Marseille