Corse-Matin


Corse-Matin is a French-language daily local newspaper published in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.

History and profile

Corse-Matin was part of Lagardère Group through its subsidiary Groupe Hachette until August 2007 when it was sold to Hersant Media Group. The paper is owned by Nice-Matin Group. In December 2012 French businessman Bernard Tapie bought a share in the daily. The headquarters of the paper is in Ajaccio.
The sister newspapers of Corse-Matin are Nice-Matin, Monaco-Matin and Var-Matin. In 1998 another local daily of the island, La Corse, merged with Corse-Matin.
Corse-Matin has been subject to terrorist attacks. Its headquarters was attacked by unknown people in 1992, 1994 and 1997. In May 2011 the office of the paper in Bastia was also attacked.
In 2020 the circulation of Corse-Matin was 25,906 copies.
YearCirculation
200546,677
200644,360
200743,728
200843,156
200942,312
201041,978
201141,274
201240,345
201338,536
201437,427
201533,663
201632,951
201732,792
201830,910
201928,733
202025,906