Mediapart

84,000 online subscribers ( March 2014 )

Media Part is a French Internet newspaper, which was founded in 2008 jointly by: François Bonnet (1995-2006 senior editor at Le Monde ), Gérard Desportes (formerly, among other things editor of the daily newspaper Libération ), Laurent Mauduit ( 1994-2006 senior editor at Le Monde ) and Edwy Plenel ( a total of 25 years, editor of Le Monde, from 1996 to 2004 in a leading position ).

Revenue achieved Mediapart only by paying subscribers, the site does not contain any advertising, which should enable both a good quality and the independence of corporations.

In order to be profitable, the newspaper required as specified by the co-founder François Bonnet 50,000 subscribers; this threshold was exceeded in mid-2011. In November 2013 Con t the number of subscribers to 80,000, in March 2014 there were 84,000.

In March 2024 chief editor Edwy Plenel announced that the newspaper should be transferred in 2015 under the sponsorship of a charitable company (société à but non lucratif ). For these company's new investors and shareholders are looking for. The Fund Odyssée Venture, who had invested a million and it holds 20 % of the capital is, then retire; he prized the value of its shares to 2.5 million euros.

Revenue model

After the revenue model of Media Part users pay between five and nine euros a month and receive access to three current online spending day and the whole archive. You have the choice between two areas: " Le Journal " is the editorial content of the journalists who do not want last offer investigative journalism; In contrast, the contents of " Le Club" are designed primarily by the users. Through the juxtaposition of editorial reports, blogs and comments to the various deals to complement them.

Public response

Well over France, the newspaper was founded in early 2010 that she publicized made ​​information, giving rise to the suspicion that the presidential election campaign in 2007 by Nicolas Sarkozy was possibly financed by illegal donations from the assets of the L' Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.

In October 2010, several journalists and editors who intensively deal with the Bettencourt affair, stolen laptops and CDs targeted in a burglary series. Apart from Le Monde and Le Point Media also part was affected. Then wrote Media Part and the satirical magazine Le Canard enchaîné, President Sarkozy listen let journalists who work on the elucidation of the Bettencourt affair. The Secretary-General of the Elysée Palace Claude Gueant and the chief of the French domestic intelligence Bernard Squarcini announced then to report against Media Part libel; Beginning of 2011 has been reported, the process should take place in October 2011. Gueant, who meanwhile became the French Interior Minister, his action " withdrawn without comment " in the summer of 2011.

In the spring of 2013 Media Part was instrumental in uncovering the Cahuzac affair. A dismissed on March 19, 2013 French budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac had invested large sums of money abroad at the French Treasury over. According to Media Part - chief editor Edwy Plenel has this affair " a democratic earthquake " triggered, the consequences of which are not predictable: "Just because a small, independent journalists such as media partner for four months remained stubborn, this story has come to light and broken through the wall of lies. This is not normal. "