Aujourd'hui Le Maroc

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Aujourd'hui Le Maroc
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Type Daily newspaper
Publisher ALM Publishing
Founded2001;23 years ago (2001)
Language French
Headquarters Casablanca
Website aujourdhui.ma

Aujourd'hui Le Maroc is a daily francophone Moroccan newspaper. It is a general-information and politically independent newspaper.

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History and profile

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.

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References

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  2. 1 2 Loubna H. Skalli (2011). "Constructing Arab Female Leadership Lessons from the Moroccan Media". Gender & Society. 25 (475): 473–495. doi:10.1177/0891243211411051. S2CID   145483355.
  3. 1 2 Ali Lmrabet (27 January 2013). "Les " fonctionnaires-journalistes " de la MAP sont-ils des espions à la solde de la DGED ?". Demainonline. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  4. "Moroccan Newspaper Publishers Elect New President". The Arab Press Network. 23 April 2008. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.