Socpresse

Socpresse is a French publishing group publishing the following titles:
 * Cadremploi.fr
 * Classica
 * Explorimmo.com
 * FC Nantes
 * L’Etudiant
 * L'Expansion
 * L'Express
 * La lettre de l'Expansion
 * La Voix du Nord
 * Le Bien public
 * Le Courrier de l'Ouest
 * Le Dauphiné Liberé
 * Le Figaro
 * Le Figaro magazine
 * Le Journal de Saône-et-Loire
 * Le Maine libre
 * Le Progrès
 * L'Eclair
 * L'Entreprise
 * Lilleplus
 * Lyon-plus
 * Madame Figaro
 * Maison française
 * Nord Matin
 * Nord-Eclair
 * Paris Turf
 * ParisAvenue.fr
 * Presse Océan
 * Roissy-Print
 * SERPO
 * TVMAG.COM
 * Vendée Matin
 * Version Femme

and dozens of regional newspapers. In 2004 the group was bought by an arms manufacturer, Serge Dassault [Ignacio Ramonet, "Final edition for the press", Le Monde Diplomatique, January 2005].

Until recently the Carlyle Group held a controling stake in Le Figaro.

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"Another arms manufacturer, Arnaud Legard&egrave;re, already owns the Hachette Group&hellip; [Ignacio Ramonet, "Final edition for the press", Le Monde Diplomatique, January 2005]