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Early history

The first until 1908 .

Under the French Protectorate from 1920, French titles such as "L’Echo du Maroc" and "la Vigie Marocaine" started to appear. They were followed by the launch of a press group called "Mas" which issued "Farmhouse" and the Daily Newspaper s "Le petit marocain" and "l'Echo du Maroc", although these titles continued to cater mainly to foreigners.

Presently Moroccan Nationalist s such as Mohamed Al Ouazzani began to publish their own titles. In 1933 he founded "L'action du peuple", a weekly French language newspaper. Later, Abdekhalek Torres and Mohamed Bennouna issued two publications in Arabic in Tetouan "Al Salam" and "Al Hayat" respectively. These gave the nationalists a platform to advance their demands regarding Independence from both France and Spain . More and more foreign press published in Morocco appeared.

Morocco issued a press code on November 15 , 1958 . Source: Media and communication - Gov't of Morocco .


Today

The government of Morocco owns many key media outlets, including Moroccan Radio and Television . Moroccans have access to approximately 2,000 domestic and foreign publications. The Moroccan press agency, Maghreb Arab Press , and one Arabic daily newspaper, ''Al-Anbaa'', are official organs of the government. One additional Arabic daily newspaper, ''Assahra Al Maghribia'', and one French-language daily newspaper, ''Le Matin'', are semi-official organs of the government.


PRESS FREEDOM

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Although journalists continue to practice Self-censorship , opposition dailies have begun to explore social and political issues that have traditionally been considered out of bounds. There is a substantial and close military relationship with the US, and the media continue to exercise great caution when discussing government corruption, Human Rights and Morocco’s policy toward Western Sahara . Radio Méditerranée Internationale ( Medi-1 ), a joint French/Moroccan broadcaster, also practices self-censorship.

According to the most recent available information, Morocco has 27 AM radio stations, 25 FM radio stations, 6 shortwave stations, and 5 television stations including project.

On December 20th, 2006, Moroccan Prime Minister Driss Jettou banned the Arabophone weekly magazine Nichane .[http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.menara.ma%2Finfos%2Fincludes%2Fdetail.asp%3Flmodule%3DMaroc%26article_id%3D7159&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools Moroccon Prime Minister bans weekly magazine “Nichane”] This action was taken in retaliation for publishing "provocative jokes" related to religion. The website was also shut down.


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