Matot Braine

What Matot Braine does

Matot Braine, legally registered as Petites Affiches Matot Braine, is a regional digital press publication headquartered at 46 boulevard Lundy in Reims, France. Founded in 1892, it is one of the longest-standing regional economic and legal news titles in France, operating since 2021 as an independent digital information journal. The publication covers the Grand Est region across five departments — Marne, Aisne, Ardennes, Aube, and Haute-Marne — with editorial sections spanning regional enterprises, Champagne wine industry, collectivités (local government), European affairs, automotive, and legal information.

Its core product portfolio includes the Les Petites Affiches Matot Braine digital and weekly PDF editions, a regulated legal announcement publication service (Annonces Légales) for businesses across Marne, Aisne, Ardennes, and Aube, an online newsstand (Le Kiosque) for archived editions, auction listings (Ventes aux Enchères), and an email newsletter. The underlying technology consists of a digital publishing platform with PDF edition generation, hosted and maintained by Alphamosa, with audience analytics provided by Google Analytics and AT Internet.

The business operates three revenue streams: (1) per-insertion fees for legal announcements — a regulated activity that requires CPPAP recognition (number 0926 Z 94684) under Information Politique et Générale status; (2) recurring paid digital subscriptions for access to regional news and PDF editions; and (3) advertising sold to regional businesses and organizations. Distribution channels include the matot-braine.fr website, newsletter, Facebook, LinkedIn, RSS feed, and free PDF downloads. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Financière Haussmann diversified group and operates as part of the legalnet network for legal announcement services.

Name

Matot Braine

Legal name

Petites affiches Matot Braine

Website

https://matot-braine.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1892

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Matot Braine is a 130-year-old regional digital press publication in Reims, France, covering economic, legal, and political news across the Grand Est region's five departments and providing regulated legal announcement services to businesses under CPPAP recognition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional News and Legal Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Periodical Publishers (51312), All Other Publishers (513199)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Government & Public Policy Publishing (Regulations, Gazettes, Legislative Tracking) (MPAJACAI)

Keywords

• Regional news publishing
• Legal announcements service
• Economic journalism
• Press publication
• Legal notices publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Reims

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Announcements Publication: Publication of legal announcements for businesses, societies and commercial funds in Marne, Aisne, Ardennes and Aube departments. Revenue generated from businesses and organizations required to publish legal notices.
2. Subscriptions: Paid subscriptions for access to the digital news publication covering regional economic and legal news. Edition available as PDF download.
3. Advertising and Partnerships: Advertising space sold to businesses and organizations wanting to reach the regional business and political audience.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Les Petites Affiches Matot Braine publishes a regional digital and PDF newspaper covering economic, legal, and political news for the Grand Est region of France (Marne, Aisne, Ardennes, Aube, Haute-Marne). It also offers a legal announcement publication service required by law for businesses, companies, and commercial funds operating in its service departments, alongside an online newsstand, auction listings, and email newsletter subscriptions.

Product overview

Les Petites Affiches Matot Braine is a regional economic and legal news publication serving the Grand Est region of France since 1892. The company offers a portfolio of print and digital products centered around regional journalism: the core digital and PDF newspaper editions covering economic, legal, and political news across five departments (Marne, Aisne, Ardennes, Aube, Haute-Marne); legal notice publication services (Annonces Légales) for businesses; an online newsstand (Le Kiosque) for accessing archived editions; auction listings; and a newsletter subscription service. The publication is part of the Financière Haussmann group and is recognized as a press service with Political and General Information status (Information Politique et Générale) by CPPAP.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Les Petites Affiches Matot Braine (Digital Edition) Regional digital news publication covering economic, legal, and political information for the Grand Est region of France, including the departments of Marne, Aisne, Ardennes, Aube, and Haute-Marne. Targets business professionals, entrepreneurs, and local government officials.
• Les Petites Affiches Matot Braine (PDF Edition) Weekly PDF newspaper edition containing regional legal and economic news, downloadable from the Kiosque section of the website. Available for free distribution to readers and subscribers.
• Annonces Légales (Legal Notices Publication Service)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• legalnetcoreOthersLes Petites Affiches Matot Braine is part of the legalnet network, a service providing legal announcement publications across multiple regions.
• Financière HaussmanncoreOthersThe publication is owned by the Financière Haussmann group, which provides corporate backing and ownership structure.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• L'Ardennais: Regional newspaper covering the Ardennes department in Charleville-Mézières — comparable to Matot Braine as a long-standing regional press title with similar editorial scope across the same Grand Est territory.
• Le Moniteur: French publication focused on construction, legal, and public-sector news including legal announcements — directly comparable to Matot Braine in its legal-notice and official-publication business lines serving professional audiences.
• L'Est Éclair: Regional newspaper based in Troyes covering the Aube department — directly comparable to Matot Braine as a regional press outlet covering one of the same Grand Est departments with similar local business and political coverage.
• L'Union: Regional daily newspaper covering Reims, Aisne, and Ardennes — directly overlapping Matot Braine's core geographic footprint and serving the same business/political regional audience in the Grand Est.

Regional players

• France Bleu Champagne-Ardenne: Public regional radio station covering Champagne-Ardenne — comparable to Matot Braine as a media outlet serving the same Grand Est audience with regional news and information, though operating in a different medium.

Broad incumbents

• Ouest-France: France's largest regional newspaper by circulation — comparable to Matot Braine in regional news publishing model but operating at national scale with substantially greater digital and print reach.
• Le Parisien: Major French daily newspaper with strong regional coverage in Île-de-France and surrounding areas — comparable to Matot Braine as a French news publisher combining regional and general-interest coverage, but operating at significantly larger scale.
• Le Journal Officiel: The official French government gazette publishing legal announcements and regulatory notices — comparable to Matot Braine as a publisher of legally-mandated announcements, though operating as the official state channel rather than a private press title.
• La Voix du Nord: Major regional newspaper in northern France — comparable to Matot Braine as a regional press business with similar diversified revenue (subs, ads, digital) but operating at meaningfully larger scale and broader geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/matotbraine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/matotbraine
• Xx.com/matotbraine

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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