Eco-Médias

Eco-Médias
Native name
ايكوميديا
Company typeSociété Anonyme
IndustryMedia
Founded1991; 34 years ago (1991)
FounderNassredine El Afrit
Marie-Thérèse Bourrut
Abdelmounaïm Dilami
Headquarters
Casablanca
,
Morocco
Key people
Marie-Thérèse Bourrut
Abdelmounaïm Dilami
Total assetscapital MAD 50 million
OwnerMarie-Thérèse Bourrut
Abdelmounaïm Dilami
SNI (Mohammed VI)
Jean Luc Martinet
Nader Mawlawi
SubsidiariesAssabah
L'Économiste
Atlantic Radio
Websiteecomedias.ma

Eco-Médias (Arabic: ايكوميديا) is a Moroccan media company partially owned by several businesspeople.

It controls two newspapers (Assabah, l'Economiste), one radio station (Atlantic Radio) and one journalism school (ESJC).

The main owner of Groupe Eco-Medias is businessman Zouheir Bennani.

He is known as the founder of supermarket company Label Vie, also known as Carrefour Maroc. He is also the founder of real estate company Aradei Capital.

Subsidiaries

Key people

  • Abdelmounaim Dilami, President and Director General[3]
  • Khalid Belyazid, Director General[3]
  • Marie-Thérèse Bourrut (French citizen and wife of Abdelmounaim Dilami. She writes under the pen-name Nadia Salah),[4][5] Director of publication[3]

Ownership

As of 2009:[6]

  • Marie-Thérèse BOURRUT 31.3%
  • Abdelmounaïm DILAMI 29.2%
  • Khalid BELYAZID 3.5%
  • AIXOR (holding company owned by Jean Luc Martinet, the national delegate for the right-wing French party UMP) 10.3%
  • SUNERGIA (Nader MAWLAWI, Lebanese businessman[7]) 10.3%
  • GLOBAL COMMUNICATION (subsidiary of SNI 10.3%
  • SOPAR (Kettani family) 7.5%

After the death of Hassan II the couple Bourrut-Dilami increased their share in the company, controlling today the majority stake. Additionally the company saw the entrance of French national Martinet in the capital despite a ban on foreign ownership in the media in the Moroccan law. In 1996 the ownership was:[8]

  • Marie-Thérèse BOURRUT (aka Nadia Salah) 15%
  • Abdelmounaïm DILAMI 9.5%
  • Khalid BELYAZID 3.5%
  • Nassredine EL AFRIT (Tunisian national)[9] 7.5%
  • Moulay Abdelhafid EL ALAMY (president of the Holding Saham and Minister of Industry since 2013) 9.5%
  • Abderrahmane SAAÏDI (Minister of privatisation at the time) 9.1%
  • Global Communication 9.5%
  • Sopar 7.5%.
  • Afriquia (subsidiary of Aziz Akhannouch's Akwa) 5%
  • Kat (OUAZZANI family and Kamil Ouazzani, importer of Alcoholic beverages and liqueur)[10] 9.5%
  • Sunergia 9.5%
  • Attijari Capital Risque (subsidiary of Banque Commerciale du Maroc which merged with Wafa to form Attijariwafa bank in 2003) 7.5%

References

  1. ^ a b "Chiffres – OJD Maroc – OJD". OJD.ma. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "High-End Monthly Launched in Morocco". The Arab Press Network. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Groupe ECO-MEDIAS". Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Mariage français en vue pour Eco-Medias ?". Maghreb Confidentiel. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  5. ^ "PROJET DE CAHIER DES CHARGES SERVICE RADIOPHONIQUE RADIO ATLANTIC" (PDF). Haca. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Actionnariat d'Ecomédias". Ecomedias. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  7. ^ Khalil Hachimi Idrissi. "Billet bleu". Maroc Hebdo. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  8. ^ "En toute transparence: Les comptes de L'Economiste". L'Economiste. 31 October 1996. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  9. ^ "FIL DIRECT Éponge J.L Servan-Schreiber". Maroc Hebdo. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Maroc | Maroc : les cigarettiers mettent le paquet". Jeune Afrique. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2014.