Format Tabloid Founder(s) Alexandre Varenne | Owner(s) Centre France group Language French | |
Type Regional daily newspaper Founded 1919; 98 years ago (1919) | ||
La Montagne is a French language regional daily newspaper based in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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History and profile
La Montagne was established as an independent socialist publication by Alexandre Varenne in 1919. He also served as the editor-in-chief of the paper. which is headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand.
La Montagne was censored during World War II when France was occupied by the German forces and the paper was suspended on 27 August 1943. It was relaunched on 15 September 1944.
The Centre France group is the owner of La Montagne, which also owns other regional dailies and weeklies. The majority shareholder in the company is the Alexander and Margaret Varenne Foundation. La Montagne began to be published in tabloid format in January 2008.
Circulation
La Montagne had a circulation of 246,900 copies in 1990 and 224,000 copies in 1991. Its circulation was 209,000 copies in 2000. The circulation of the paper rose to 211,941 copies in 2001 and had a readership of 632,000 the same year. In 2002 its circulation was 206,813 copies. The paper had a circulation of 204,000 copies during the first quarter of 2006 and it rose to 207,202 copies for 2006 as a whole. During the period of 2007-2008 its circulation was 191,000 copies.
The circulation of La Montagne was 172,814 copies in 2014.