La Voix du Nord
Encyclopedia
La Voix du Nord is a regional daily newspaper
of the North of France
. The paper sponsors the GP de Fourmies bicycle race. It is owned by the Belgian company Rossel, who purchased it from Socpresse
in 2006.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
of the North of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The paper sponsors the GP de Fourmies bicycle race. It is owned by the Belgian company Rossel, who purchased it from Socpresse
Socpresse
Socpresse was a French corporation which controlled the conservative daily newspaper Le Figaro, the weekly magazine L'Express, 40% of the weekly Le Journal du Dimanche, Valeurs Actuelles, and the football club FC Nantes. The company was acquired by the Dassault in September 2006...
in 2006.