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La Montagne (newspaper)
La Montagne is a French language regional daily newspaper based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The title was selected to reflect its alignment with the ideas of the Montagnards of the French Revolution.[1] The paper has been in circulation since 1919. History and profileLa Montagne was established as an independent socialist publication by Alexandre Varenne in 1919.[2][3][4] He also served as the editor-in-chief of the paper[3] which is headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand.[5] La Montagne was censored during World War II when France was occupied by the German forces, and the paper was suspended on 27 August 1943.[3][6] It was relaunched on 15 September 1944[3] and became the main daily in Auvergne.[1] The Centre France group is the owner of La Montagne, which also owns other regional dailies and weeklies.[7] The majority shareholder in the company is the Alexander and Margaret Varenne Foundation.[8] La Montagne began to be published in tabloid format in January 2008.[4] CirculationLa Montagne sold 246,900 copies in 1990 and 224,000 copies in 1991.[5] The paper sold 209,000 copies in 2000.[9] The circulation of the paper rose to 211,941 copies in 2001[10] and had a readership of 632,000 the same year.[11] La Montagne sold 206,813 copies in 2002.[10] The paper had a circulation of 204,000 copies during the first quarter of 2006.[12] In the period of 2007-2008 its circulation was 191,000 copies.[13]
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