The Moroccan media landscape manifests a true dynamism in both the printed press and audiovisual media. During the last years, there has been a substantial development of the printed press. This development is bound to be reinforced thanks to the generalization of state aid to all national newspapers which abide by the criteria spelled out in the contract-program signed on March 11, 2005 by the Ministry of Communication and the Moroccan Federation of Newspaper Editors.

Likewise, the audiovisual sector has been deeply changing since the end of the state’s monopole: Promulgation of the law on the Audio-visual Communication, setting up of The high authority of audio-visual communication, and creation of the National Company of Radio and Television.

In addition, new TV channels have been launched such as the regional channel of Laayoune and the educational channel: “Quatrième”.

Al Al Maghribia, a satellite channel broadcasting 2M and TVM programmes has also been launched.

We cannot talk about the Moroccan media landscape without mentioning the Maghreb Arab Press Agency whose human resources, logistics and network of offices, inside the country and abroad, allow the collection and diffusion of a considerable mass of information.

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