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Socpresse was a French corporation which controlled the conservative daily newspaperLe Figaro, the weekly magazineL'Express, 40% of the weeklyLe Journal du Dimanche,Valeurs Actuelles, and the football clubFC Nantes. The company was acquired by theDassault in September 2006. Before that date, 13% of the shares belonged to Aude Ruettard, the granddaughter ofRobert Hersant.[1] After the acquisition, Dassault sold off most of the company, retainingLe Figaro and FC Nantes; in 2011, Dassault renamed its remaining core media assetsGroupe Figaro.[2]
In total, the Socpresse group owned about 70 newspapers. A partial list includes:[3]
Socpresse also owned 27% of the newspaper companyEst Républicain, a company that controlsLa Liberté de l'Est,Le Journal de la Haute-Marne,Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace,Le Journal de la Haute-Marne. It had a 49% ownership stake in the local TV stationTV Nantes Atlantique; and also owns the web sites sport24.com and evene.fr.
le choix en 2011 du nom Groupe Figaro, pour remplacer celui, historique, de la Socpresse, est symbolique de l'investissement stratégique du groupe dans sa marque phare
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