Mediapart [SEP] publisher
Mediapart
Mediapart is an independent French online investigative and opinion journal created in 2008 by Edwy Plenel, former editor-in-chief of "Le Monde". "Mediapart" is published in French, English and Spanish.
Description.
"Mediapart's" income is solely derived from subscription fees; the website does not carry any advertising. In 2011 "Mediapart" made a profit for the first time, netting €500,000 from around 60,000 subscribers.
"Mediapart" consists of two main sections: "Le
in Paris on the rue Montmartre.
History Value-added tax audit controversy.
On December 16, 2013, Indigo Publications and another French digital publisher, Mediapart, were audited by the French Inland Revenue Service over Value-added tax (VAT). The VAT rate for online news was 19.6% (20% starting in 2014), while that of traditional media was 2.1%, a disparity that had been in place since 2009. The companies contested the higher rate, and on January 31, 2015, in