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Libération (Morocco)

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Libération
TypeDaily newspaper
Founder(s)Socialist Union of Popular Forces
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
LanguageFrench
HeadquartersCasablanca
Sister newspapersAl Ittihad Al Ichtiraki
Websitehttp://www.libe.ma/

Libération is a daily francophone Moroccan newspaper.

History and profile

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Libération was established in 1964.[1] The paper is the media outlet of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party.[2] It is based in Casablanca[3] and is the sister publication of the Arabic language newspaper Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki.[4][5]

The circulation of the paper plummeted from 60,000 copies in 2001[1] to 5,000 copies in 2003.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Morocco Press Press Reference. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. ^ Gilles Kraemer, La presse francophone en Méditerranée: Regain et perspectives, Maisonneuve et Larose, 2001, p. 24
  3. ^ "Media landscape. Morocco". Menasset. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  4. ^ Valérie K. Orlando (2009). Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-230-62259-3.
  5. ^ Moha Ennaji (2005). Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-387-23979-8.
  6. ^ William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6.
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