CNews (newspaper)

CNews
border
TypeFree daily newspaper
Formatdemi-berliner
Owner(s)Bolloré médias
Société éditrice du Monde
PublisherMatinPlus SA
PresidentLudovic Pompignoli (Publication Director)
Editor-in-chiefThomas Liard
Founded6 February 2007; 17 years ago (2007-02-06)
LanguageFrench
CityParis, Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille, Marseille, Nantes, Toulouse
CountryFrance
Websitecnews.fr

CNews is a free French daily newspaper. Launched in Île-de-France on 6 February 2007,[1] it was also known as MatinPlus (before 2008), Direct Matin Plus (from 2008 to 2010), Direct Matin (from 2010 to 2017), CNews Matin (in 2017), and CNews (after 4 December 2017, with the same name as the television news channel CNews owned by Canal+). It is owned by Bolloré, principally held by Vincent Bolloré.

The morning paper competes with 20 minutes, a free newspaper distributed in the morning in Île-de-France. Its distribution includes 500,000 copies in Île-de-France and more than 900,000 in France[citation needed]. From 2006 to 2010, the free newspaper Direct Soir - also owned by the Bolloré group - was distributed in the evening. MatinPlus is jointly published by the media groups La Vie-Le Monde (Le Monde) and Bolloré (Havas, and Direct 8 until 2011[2]) through their subsidiaries Bolloré médias and Sofiprom. The MatinPlus SA group is held by the Bolloré group (70%) and Le Monde owns 30% with the possibility to own up to 50%.[3]

It is the Paris bridgehead of the newsgroup VillePlus in association with La Dépêche du Midi, Le Progrès, La Provence, Sud Ouest and La Voix du Nord. They offer free daily newspapers in Montpellier (CNews Montpellier Plus), Lyon (CNews Lyon Plus), Marseille (CNews Provence), Bordeaux (CNews Bordeaux) and Lille (CNews Lille). CNews is also distributed in Nantes (CNews Grand Ouest), Toulouse (CNews Toulouse), Nice (CNews Côte d'Azur) and Strasbourg (CNews Strasbourg), in a version similar to the one distributed in Paris. It is published in the demi-berliner format, which allows for easy transportation - an important consideration since it is distributed in areas with public transportation.

  1. ^ "Matin plus sort le 6 février". tempsreel.nouvelobs.com. L'Obs. 20 January 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. ^ Gonzales, Paule (8 September 2011). "Canal + entre dans la TV en clair en rachetant Direct 8". www.lefigaro.fr. Le Figaro. ISSN 0182-5852. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ "La presse quotidienne nationale". fr.slideshare.net. 25 September 2012.