Socpresse was a French

France

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 corporation which controlled the conservative daily newspaper Le Figaro

Le Figaro

Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with Le Monde and Libération, and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after Le Parisien and before Le Monde, but...

, the weekly magazine L'Express

L'Express (France)

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, 40% of the weekly Le Journal du Dimanche

Le Journal du Dimanche

Le Journal du Dimanche is a French weekly newspaper. It is only published on Sundays.-History:The newspaper was created by Pierre_Lazareffin 1948. It now belongs to the Lagardère Group, through Hachette Filipacchi Médias...

, Valeurs Actuelles

Valeurs Actuelles

Valeurs actuelles is a French magazine. Formerly owned by Socpresse, it is now owned by Sud Communication. The company is owned by Pierre Fabre, who founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre....

, and the football club FC Nantes. The company was acquired by the Dassault

Dassault Group

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 in September 2006. Before that date, 13% of the shares belonged to Aude Ruettard, the granddaughter of Robert Hersant

Robert Hersant

Robert Hersant was a French newspaper magnate with right-wing political views.- Biography :Hersant was born in Vertou, Loire-Atlantique....

. After the acquisition, Dassault sold off most of the company, retaining Le Figaro

Le Figaro

Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with Le Monde and Libération, and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after Le Parisien and before Le Monde, but...

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In total, the Socpresse group owned about 70 newspapers. A partial list includes:

• Le Bien Public
  Le Bien Public
  Le Bien Public is a regional daily newspaper published in Dijon in north-east France. It is published by Groupe EBRA....
  
   (via Société Delaroche, a fully owned subsidiary)
• Le Maine Libre
  Le Maine Libre
  Le Maine Libre is a French daily newspaper from Sarthe created in 1944. It is published 7 days a week, and counts 3 different geographical editions. Le Maine Libre's headquarter is located in Le Mans....
  
   (via société d'exploitation du Maine Libre, a 99% owned subsidiary)
• Nord Matin (via the 98% owned subsidiary Presse Nord)
• La Voix du Nord, Nord Eclair, Nord Littoral, L'avenir de l'Artois, L'Indépendant du Pas de Calais
• Le Courrier de l'Ouest

Socpresse also owned 27% of the newspaper company Est Républicain, a company that controls La Liberté de l'Est, Le Journal de la Haute-Marne, Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, Le Journal de la Haute-Marne.
It had a 49% ownership stake in the local TV station TV Nantes Atlantique; and also owns the web sites sport24.com and evene.fr.