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Native name | ايكوميديا |
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Company type | Société Anonyme |
Industry | Media |
Founded | 1991 |
Founder | Nassredine El Afrit Marie-Thérèse Bourrut Abdelmounaïm Dilami |
Headquarters | Casablanca , Morocco |
Key people | Marie-Thérèse Bourrut Abdelmounaïm Dilami |
Total assets | capital MAD 50 million |
Owner | Marie-Thérèse Bourrut Abdelmounaïm Dilami SNI (Mohammed VI) Jean Luc Martinet Nader Mawlawi |
Subsidiaries | Assabah L'Économiste Atlantic Radio |
Website | ecomedias |
Eco-Médias (Arabic : ايكوميديا) is a Moroccan media company partially owned by several businesspeople.
It controls two newspapers (Assabah, l'Economiste), one radio station (Atlantic Radio) and one journalism school (ESJC).
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As of 2009: [6]
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