The daily "La Marseillaise" once again sees its future in pink

The headquarters of the newspaper in Marseille.

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After another visit to the Marseille commercial court on Tuesday,

should be taken over by Maritima, a group held by the communist town hall of Martigues, which is relying in particular on synergies with its other media to relaunch the septuagenarian daily.

At the end of the audience, optimism and relief dominated, echoing the front page of the day titled: “La Marseillaise will live!

".

“This is not the first time that the president of the tribunal has seen us.

He had a very positive tone.

They will not pronounce the liquidation ”, rejoiced Emilie Parente, of the CGT.

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The decision, expected on October 7, is not in doubt.

Because in addition to Les Amis de La Marseillaise, which collected 60,000 euros with small checks during the summer, communities of all stripes - from the LR region to the left-wing town hall - are committed to supporting this takeover project, in name of the pluralism of the press.

Historical journal of the second largest city in France,

, founded in 1943 by the Communist Party, was placed in liquidation on July 13.

The daily, which today claims a circulation of 10,000 copies, has taken the full brunt of the confinement which has stopped its printing and reduced its advertising revenues.

And after an unprocessed expression of interest from

, associated with the founder of Iliad (Free) Xavier Niel, Maritima remained alone in the running.

"More in connection with the Marseilles Spring"

Maritima Media has a local radio, website and television station.

Its capital is 84% ​​owned by the town hall of Martigues, the last communist bastion of Bouches-du-Rhône.

This discreet group also manufactures the municipal newspaper martégal, as a service provider.

"We are neither the radio of the Communist Party nor of the CGT but we have a humanist sensitivity, we advocate living together", explains its director Thierry Debard.

“We have no fear about this offer which preserves our editorial line, the volume of employment with commitments on a salary increase.

We have no taboo to change if it is not to keep the framework of our editorial line, turned towards the social, the associative, very political, very left ", comments Emilie Parente, of the CGT.

Maritima plans to open up the editorial line of the daily, trying to be "less labeled and more in connection with the Marseille Spring" which now runs the city, says Thierry Debard.

It also intends to pursue a "rejuvenation work", in particular on the website or social networks.

From the editor-in-chief to the unions, all

employees

welcome this last-chance offer for a newspaper that has grown from 200 employees in 2014 to around 50 today.

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