2023-05-26 09:13:59
CMA CGM, headed by billionaire Rodolphe Saadé, is continuing its expansion in the media sector. The group announced on Friday May 26 that it was going to buy the economic newspaper The Tribune.
“The CMA CGM group today submitted a promise to purchase with a view to acquiring 100% of the capital of the Hima group, owner of the newspaper The Tribune, he said. The final completion of the transaction remains subject to consultation with employee representative bodies and then to obtaining regulatory authorizations. »
This acquisition strengthens the presence of the Marseille shipowner in the media sector, where it has set foot in recent months under the leadership of Rodolphe Saadé.
“Decisive actor”
CMA CGM, which recorded a record net profit of more than 23 billion euros in 2022, became the owner of the press group in October Provence at the end of a long soap opera. This group publishes daily newspapers Provence et Morning run. He then invited himself to the capital of the audiovisual group M6, then, at the beginning of April, to that of the online video media Brut.
Sign of its ambitions in the sector, CMA CGM recruited in early March Laurent Guimier, former director of information for France Télévisions, to head its media branch, CMA CGM Media. “CMA CGM intends to be a decisive player in terms of innovation and transformation of the media sector”, assured the group in its press release.
He insisted on ” complementarity “ between his various media, which he believes is ” in the heart “ of its strategy in the sector. « the Tribune is complementary with Provence et Morning Corse (…) in particular for its expertise in digital transformation”, assured the group.
Digital
Created in 1985, the newspaper the Tribune abandoned its printed daily formula in 2012. Since then, it has turned almost exclusively to digital: in paper version, it went from weekly to monthly in 2020, and now boasts 3 million unique monthly visitors to its site.
The newspaper is 72% owned by the Hima group, itself 20% owned by entrepreneur Jean-Christophe Tortora and 80% by Franck Julien, boss of the business services giant Atalian. The rest belongs to entrepreneur Laurent Alexandre (founder of Doctissimo).
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