Cambodge Soir

Cambodge Soir was a weekly newspaper published in Cambodia and it was the most important French language Cambodian newspaper of the country. It was edited in Phnom Penh and distributed in different Cambodian provinces, among French speaking foreigners and Cambodians. The newspaper closed down in 2010.

Cambodge Soir
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founded1993
LanguageFrench
Ceased publication2010
HeadquartersPhnom Penh

History

On September 11, 1993, Éditions du Mékong, a private French-Cambodian corporation, created a bimonthly publication known as Le Mékong.[1]

On May, 1995 Le Mékong changed the name to Cambodge Soir Info (Cambodian Evening) and was published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only.[2]

On July 1997, Cambodge Soir Info became a daily.[3]

On March 2007 was created officially the Internet version of the printing publication under the same name: Cambodge Soir Info.[4]

On June 2007 the edition is stopped.[5]

On October 2007 it is opened again under the new name of Cambodge Soir Hebdo to be published every Tuesday.[6]

On November 16, 2009, the Cambodian journalist Ung Chansophea won the French Freedom of Press prize for a report he did on mistreated women in Cambodia.[7]

2010. The company stopped trading and closed the newspaper and ceased publication.

June 2011 H2O Media office opens in old building.

References

See also

Notes
  1. Cambodge Soir Hebdo – CRDCS (Centre de ressources et de documentation de Cambodge Soir) [archive] sur Chambre de Commerce Franco Cambodgienne, Annuaire des membres. Consulté le 9 avril 2010
  2. Du Mékong à Cambodge Soir en ligne [archive] sur Ambassade de France au Cambodge. Consulté le 9 avril 2010
  3. Du Mékong à Cambodge Soir en ligne [archive] sur Ambassade de France au Cambodge. Consulté le 9 avril 2010
  4. Kong Sothanarith, « Le journal Cambodge Soir à l’ère du web », dans Le Monde, 2 mars 2007
  5. Cambodge Soir Hebdo – CRDCS (Centre de ressources et de documentation de Cambodge Soir) [archive] sur Chambre de Commerce Franco Cambodgienne, Annuaire des membres. Consulté le 9 avril 2010
  6. Cambodge Soir Hebdo [archive] sur Courrier international, Planète presse. Mis en ligne le 12 février 2010, consulté le 9 avril 2010
  7. Adrien Le Gal, « Ung Chansophea remporte le prix francophone de la liberté de la presse », dans Cambodge Soir info, 12 novembre 2009 Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine texte intégral [archive] (page consultée le 7 avril 2010)
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