La Semaine du Roussillon

What La Semaine du Roussillon does

La Semaine du Roussillon is a privately held French regional media outlet headquartered in Perpignan (15 rue Maximilien de Sully) and operated through the legal entity Les Editions de Celestina SARL, an SARL registered in RCS Perpignan. The company publishes a weekly newspaper and a digital news portal covering the Pyrénées-Orientales department and the broader cross-border Catalan territory, with Sébastien Girard serving as Directeur de la publication. Editorial scope spans eleven categories including economy, sports, sciences, culture, history, exhibitions, portraits, agenda, gastronomy, and patrimoine, with particular focus on local rugby (USAP), the Dragons Catalans, Perpignan municipal affairs, regional agriculture, and Catalan cultural identity. Coverage is delivered bilingually in French and Catalan via a FR/CA language toggle, a positioning that is unusual for the department and anchors the outlet's editorial brand.

The underlying technology is a web-based publishing platform built on the Munduscms News CMS, providing responsive web design, multimedia article formats (images, video, audio), real-time "direct" news badges, social media integration across Facebook, X, Instagram, and LinkedIn, and email newsletter distribution. There is no native mobile application; distribution to mobile readers occurs through the responsive website. Legal-notice publishing is routed through a third-party platform (Actulegales.fr), and the company maintains active social channels plus a newsletter for reader retention. The outlet is a member of the GrupMón Catalan media network and is affiliated with AMIC and the Generalitat de Catalunya for Catalan cultural coverage.

The business model combines three revenue streams: paid subscriptions to the print and digital edition via an "M'ABONNER" service, display advertising aimed at local SMBs, and regulated legal-notice publication. Customer segments are horizontal across the local population (geography-based), with secondary segments comprising Catalan cultural enthusiasts and regional businesses. The go-to-market is direct-to-consumer for readers and direct sales for advertisers, with no public pricing disclosed for either subscription or advertising tiers. The company is independently owned with no parent, subsidiaries, or external investors identified.

Name

La Semaine du Roussillon

Legal name

Les Editions de Celestina SARL

Website

https://lasemaineduroussillon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

La Semaine du Roussillon is a privately held French regional media outlet in Perpignan publishing bilingual French/Catalan news coverage of the Pyrénées-Orientales department through a weekly print newspaper, digital portal, and legal-notice service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional News Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

Keywords

• Regional news media
• Weekly newspaper
• Bilingual journalism
• Local news coverage
• Catalan cultural press

Headquarters

HQ city

Perpignan

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Paid subscriptions for newspaper access (print and digital) through 'M'ABONNER' service. Individual consumer subscriptions typical for regional media.
2. Advertising: Display advertising on website and in print edition. Local business advertising targeting regional consumers.
3. Legal Notices: Publication of legal notices (Annonces Légales) as a revenue stream for local media.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

La Semaine du Roussillon is a weekly regional news publication providing bilingual French/Catalan news coverage of the Pyrénées-Orientales department and broader Catalan cultural region. The company operates a digital news website (lasemaineduroussillon.com) and a weekly print newspaper (Le Journal) covering economy, sports, sciences, culture, history, exhibitions, and local portraits, serving residents of Perpignan and surrounding areas.

Product overview

La Semaine du Roussillon operates as a dual-format news media company offering both an online news website and a print weekly newspaper. The online portal provides continuous coverage across multiple editorial categories (Économie, Sports, Sciences, Culture, Histoire, Expos, Portraits, Agenda), while the print journal offers a traditional weekly edition for subscribers and newsstand readers throughout the Catalan Northern territory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• La Semaine du Roussillon (Online News Website) Online bilingual French/Catalan news portal providing continuous local news coverage for the Pyrénées-Orientales department and Roussillon region, featuring articles on economy, sports, sciences, culture, history, exhibitions, and portraits. Content is freely accessible with advertising support and full access available through subscription.
• Le Journal (Print Newspaper) Weekly printed newspaper publication covering regional news in the Pyrénées-Orientales territory. Available through subscription (M'ABONNER) and in-store purchase (LIRE LE JOURNAL), distributed physically across the department. Provides traditional print format of bilingual French/Catalan regional journalism.

Quantifiable outcome

• Coverage spans 11 content categories: À la une, Économie, Sports, Sciences, Culture, Histoire, Expos, Portraits, Agenda, Gastronomie, Patrimoine

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GrupMóncoreOthersAssociated member network - La Semaine du Roussillon is part of the GrupMón media group, a Catalan media network serving the Catalan-speaking territories.
• Generalitat de CatalunyaminorOthersCollaboration with Generalitat de Catalunya for Catalan cultural support and cross-border content initiatives.
• AMIC (Associació de Mitjans d'Informació i Comunicació)minorOthersAssociated member of AMIC, the Association of Media and Communication Information, a Catalan media association representing local media interests.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Ouest-France: France's largest regional newspaper group by circulation; relevant as a structural peer in regional newspaper operations (subscription + advertising + digital pivot) — useful as a comparable for what scale and digital transformation benchmarks look like at the upper end of the regional press segment.
• Midi Libre: Major regional daily covering the broader Occitanie region including Pyrénées-Orientales. Operates a larger editorial bench and broader subscription funnel, and competes with La Semaine du Roussillon for the same Occitanie-based advertising spend and digital subscriptions.
• La Dépêche du Midi: Toulouse-based regional daily with circulation extending into Languedoc-Roussillon. Competes indirectly for cross-border Catalan/Catalonia-region news and for departmental and SMB advertisers across southern France.

Regional players

• France Bleu Roussillon: Public-service radio station covering Pyrénées-Orientales with daily local news programming. Operates the same departmental geography but in audio rather than print, competing for commuter/listener attention and for a share of regional advertiser budgets.
• La Mañana (Diari de Ponent): Catalan-language regional daily covering Lleida province, also adjacent to the Catalan-speaking territories served by GrupMón. Comparable as a Catalan regional newspaper competitor on the Southern Catalonia side of the cross-border readership.

Emerging players

• Le Petit Journal (Catalan edition): Bilingual (French/English or French/local-language) expat-oriented news network with a Catalan edition; while not identical in tone, its bilingual French/Catalan positioning and Perpignan coverage overlap with La Semaine du Roussillon's Catalan-language audience.
• Diari de Girona: Catalan-language newspaper based in Girona covering the neighboring Southern Catalonia region. Comparable in terms of Catalan-language journalism in a regional setting and as a cross-border peer for La Semaine du Roussillon's Catalan-cultural coverage.

Direct peers

• El 9 Nou: Catalan-language local newspaper published in Catalonia, part of the same GrupMón Catalan media network that La Semaine du Roussillon belongs to. Operates an identical editorial model (bilingual Catalan regional journalism) for an adjacent territory, making it a structural template and direct network peer.
• L'Indépendant: The established daily newspaper of Perpignan and Pyrénées-Orientales, covering the same geography and competing for the same readers and local advertisers. Both target French-speaking residents of the department with overlapping coverage of Perpignan politics, USAP rugby, and Catalan affairs, making it the closest direct comparator.
• GrupMón Network: The Catalan media network of which La Semaine du Roussillon is an associated member; it owns/publishes multiple Catalan-language titles (El 9 Nou, El Punt Avui, etc.). Co-members form the natural peer set in terms of operating model, technology stack (Munduscms CMS), and shared institutional partnerships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LaSemaineduRous
• Facebookfacebook.com/semaineduroussillon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lasemaineduroussillon
• Instagraminstagram.com/stories/lasemaineduroussillon

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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