Ouest-France
Circulation 645,344 (total; 2022)[1] | | |
Website | ouest-france.fr |
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Ouest-France (French pronunciation: . Its readership has been unaffected by the decline of newspaper reading in France, unlike most other dailies.
With 2.5 million daily readers (and a circulation of almost 800 000 units), it is by far the most read
.History
Ouest-France was founded in 1944[2] by Adolphe Le Goaziou and others following the closure of Ouest-Éclair, which was banned by Liberation forces for collaborationism during the war.[3] It is based in Rennes and Nantes and has a circulation about 792,400 (greater than any French national daily newspaper), mostly in Brittany.
Its editorial line has been strongly pro-
The paper had a circulation of 773,471 copies in 2001 and 764,731 copies in 2002 with a market share of 14.41%.[4] The paper had a circulation of 637,463 copies in 2020.[5]
The distinct editions
The 47 different editions are divided among twelve départements :
Département | Numbers | Circulation | Name of editions |
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Calvados
|
4 | 52,000 | Falaise
|
Côtes-d'Armor | 5 | 95,000 | Dinan, Guingamp, Lannion / Paimpol, Loudéac – Rostrenen, Saint-Brieuc |
Finistère | 5 | 46,000 | Quimper
|
Ille-et-Vilaine | 10 | 134,000 | |
Loire-Atlantique | 6 | 112,000 | La Baule
|
Maine-et-Loire | 2 | 24,000 | Angers – Segré, Cholet |
Manche
|
3 | 33,000 | Cherbourg, Saint-Lô / Coutances, Sud Manche |
Mayenne
|
1 | 41,000 | Mayenne |
Morbihan | 5 | 113,000 | Auray, Lorient, Ploërmel, Pontivy, Vannes |
Orne
|
2 | 22,000 | Argentan-Flers, Alençon-Orme-Est |
Sarthe
|
2 | 25,000 | Le Mans / Sarthe nord, Sarthe sud |
Vendée
|
4 | 72,000 | Montaigu / Les Herbiers , Ouest Littoral
|
See also
- List of French newspapers
References
- ^ "Ouest-France − History". Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias (in French). n.d. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Historical development of the media in France" (PDF). McGraw-Hill Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ISBN 2-914612-10-9)
- ^ David Ward (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries" (PDF). Dutch Media Authority. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Ouest France – ACPM". www.acpm.fr. Retrieved 7 May 2021.