La Semaine Metz/Nancy

What La Semaine Metz/Nancy does

La Semaine Metz/Nancy, legally EDI.M3 (SAS, capital €939,330, RCS Metz 520 596 727), is an independent regional media group founded in 2005 and headquartered at 5 avenue de Blida, Metz, France, with a regional sales office in Nancy. The company publishes two weekly newspapers — La Semaine de Metz-Thionville-Moselle and La Semaine de Nancy — serving the Lorraine (Sillon Lorrain) corridor, and the monthly economic supplement Le Mensuel Grand Est, extending coverage across the broader Grand Est region. It also publishes dedicated cross-border (Frontaliers) content addressing France-Luxembourg commuters.

The company's product ecosystem spans print, digital, mobile, and audiovisual formats. Digital infrastructure includes the lasemaine.fr news portal, dedicated iOS and Android mobile applications, a digital kiosk (kiosque.lasemaine.fr), and a daily weekday newsletter ('Jour de Semaine', 6pm). Audiovisual formats include TV emissions such as 'Sans Filtre' (politics) and 'La Rubrique Éco' (economics), plus web series and thematic dossiers. The Annonces légales platform publishes legal notices for businesses and legal professionals. The company holds CPPAP press classifications and ISSN registrations, and is GDPR-compliant.

La Semaine monetizes through three primary streams: recurring digital and print subscriptions (monthly without commitment, semi-annual, annual) sold via the website and direct channels; regional advertising sold by a direct sales team across print, digital, social, TV, events, and supplements — serving advertisers including local authorities, enterprises, hospitals, social housing providers, and professional organizations; and transaction-based legal notice publishing fees. A secondary funding stream is tax-deductible reader donations processed via the Presse et Pluralisme association (66% tax credit). Customers include general readers in Lorraine/Grand Est, business decision-makers, and legal/practitioner segments. Editorial and sales leadership is centered on Stéphane Getto (Président, Directeur de publication) with commercial direction by D. Bauer and D. Bisenius. The company is privately held with no disclosed parent, institutional investors, or stock listing.

Name

La Semaine Metz/Nancy

Legal name

EDI.M3

Website

https://lasemaine.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

La Semaine Metz/Nancy is an independent regional media group (EDI.M3, founded 2005) publishing weekly newspapers across Lorraine, the monthly Le Mensuel Grand Est, and the lasemaine.fr digital platform, monetizing via subscriptions, regional advertising, and legal notices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM), News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

Keywords

• Regional newspaper publishing
• Weekly news media
• Digital news subscription
• Local advertising sales
• Legal notice publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Metz

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription revenue: La Semaine generates subscription revenue through multiple plans: monthly subscriptions without commitment (auto-renewed), semi-annual and annual subscriptions. Subscriptions provide access to print and/or digital editions of publications including lasemaine.fr, La Semaine de Metz-Thionville-Moselle, La Semaine de Nancy, and Le Mensuel Grand Est.
2. Advertising and communication: Revenue from advertisers including local authorities (collectivités territoriales), private and public businesses, professional organizations, development agencies, social housing providers, hospital establishments. The company offers varied formats including print, digital, social networks, TV emissions, web series, events, and supplements.
3. Legal notices (Annonces légales): Legal notice publishing service for businesses and individuals. The website includes dedicated sections for legal announcements with services for companies, individuals, and legal/professional practitioners (Pro)
4. Tax-deductible donations: Partnership with association 'Presse et Pluralisme' enabling readers to make tax-deductible donations to support press independence. Donations are eligible for 66% tax reduction (e.g., 100€ donation = 66€ tax credit).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

La Semaine is a regional media group publishing weekly newspapers (La Semaine de Metz-Thionville-Moselle and La Semaine de Nancy), the monthly economic supplement Le Mensuel Grand Est, and the digital news platform lasemaine.fr. The company also offers digital and print subscriptions, a digital kiosk, mobile applications, legal notice publication services, audiovisual emissions, and advertising services targeted at the Lorraine and Grand Est regions of France, including cross-border coverage for commuters to Luxembourg.

Product overview

La Semaine is a regional media group operating a multi-platform publishing ecosystem centered on its weekly newspapers (La Semaine de Metz-Thionville-Moselle and La Semaine de Nancy), the monthly Le Mensuel Grand Est economic supplement, and the digital platform lasemaine.fr. The company offers subscriptions combining print and digital access, a digital kiosk for magazine purchases, legal notices services, audiovisual emissions, and advertising services. The portfolio also includes a mobile application and email newsletter.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Actu.fr: Network of free, digital-first local news sites covering French departments and cities including parts of Grand Est. Competes for the same SME/local advertising budgets and local-news reader attention but with a digital-native, free-to-reader model.

Regional players

• Ouest-France: France's leading regional daily newspaper based in western France. Operates the same multi-edition print + digital + subscription + advertising model as La Semaine, but at much larger scale and in a different geography — useful as a benchmark for regional press economics.
• Groupe Centre France (La Montagne): Regional newspaper group publishing La Montagne and other local dailies across central France. Highly comparable business model (multi-edition print, digital subscriptions, local advertising, events) and similar positioning in its region.
• Nice-Matin: Regional daily newspaper serving the Côte d'Azur / Alpes-Maritimes area. Comparable multi-format regional press model (print + digital subscription + local advertising) operating in a different French geography.

Broad incumbents

• Groupe EBRA (L'Est Républicain): Major French regional press group publishing L'Est Républicain and several eastern-France dailies. Operates a similar multi-edition regional model with print + digital subscriptions and advertising, covering adjacent eastern France territory and overlapping La Semaine's broader Grand Est footprint.
• France 3 Grand Est: Public-service regional TV channel covering Grand Est. Overlaps with La Semaine in regional news, politics, and economic coverage, and competes for the same institutional and SME advertising/sponsorship budgets.
• France Bleu Lorraine Nord: Public-service local radio station covering the same Metz/Thionville/Moselle/Northern Lorraine territory. Competes for local-news audience attention and public-sector advertising/sponsorship, though distributed via broadcast rather than print/digital.

Direct peers

• Le Républicain Lorrain: Historic regional daily newspaper covering the same Lorraine territory (Metz, Nancy, Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle). Directly comparable in editorial scope, geographic footprint, and B2B/collectivity advertising model — it is the dominant incumbent La Semaine competes against for readers and advertisers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/Hebdomadaire.La.Semaine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/la-semaine-metz-nancy

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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