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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Publisher | ALM Publishing |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Language | French |
| Headquarters | Casablanca |
| Website | aujourdhui |
Aujourd'hui Le Maroc is a daily francophone Moroccan newspaper. It is a general-information newspaper.
Aujourd'hui Le Maroc is part of Akwa Group which is owned by the Akhanouch family.
Aujourd'hui Le Maroc was first published in 2001 by ALM Publishing. [1] [2] The paper was founded by Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, who later served as director of the state official press agency Maghreb Arabe Presse, and who owned a stake in the publishing company of ALM. [3] The state-owned pension fund Caisse de dépôt et de gestion is amongst the shareholders of the newspaper. [3]
As of 2008, Idrissi was also the editor-in-chief of the daily [4] which has an independent political stance. [2]
It had a daily distribution of 20,000 copies in 2003.[ citation needed ]
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