Groupe Sud Ouest
Corporate brand
UnclaimedGroupe Sud Ouest (GSO) is an independent French family-owned press, information, communication and services group built around the daily newspaper Sud Ouest.
Last updated September 15, 2026
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Overview
Groupe Sud Ouest (GSO SA) is an independent French press, information, communication and services group created in 1986, structured around the daily newspaper Sud Ouest, founded in 1944, which is its main entity. It describes itself as a family-owned group, independent for 80 years, and an essential player in local information, with values of humanism, editorial independence and pluralism. Its media brands include the paid dailies Sud Ouest, Charente Libre, La République des Pyrénées, L'Éclair and Dordogne Libre, as well as weekly newspapers such as Le Résistant, Haute Gironde and la Dépêche du Bassin. The group states that each month 12.7 million French people read at least one of its dailies in print or digital form in France, and that in Nouvelle-Aquitaine its dailies are read each month by 60% of the population. Its activities span dailies, weeklies, web, magazines, TV, publishing, events, advertising, distribution, innovation and digital.
History
Groupe Sud Ouest (GSO SA) was created in 1986 and structured itself around the influence of the newspaper Sud Ouest, created in 1944, which is its main entity. It is an independent press, information, communication and services group active in dailies, weeklies, web, magazines, TV, publishing, events, advertising, distribution, innovation and digital. The group states that it has remained financially independent since the first day of its history, which it presents as a guarantee of genuine editorial independence, and that its shareholders have always ensured this at every moment of its history. It describes itself as a family-owned group, independent for 80 years, and an essential player in local information.
Products and positioning
Independent family-owned local information group and trusted third party, recognized for free and field journalism.
Sud Ouest
Charente Libre
La République des Pyrénées
L'Éclair
Dordogne Libre
Le Résistant
Haute Gironde
la Dépêche du Bassin
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