Cambodge Soir

{{Short description|Defunct weekly newspaper published in Cambodia}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}

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| name = Cambodge Soir

| image = Cambodge Soir 7 July 1997.jpg

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| caption = Front page of Cambodge Soir, dated 7 July 1997 reporting about feud between co-premier Hun Sen and Norodom Ranariddh which culminated in the 1997 Cambodian coup d'état.

| type = Weekly newspaper

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| foundation = {{start date and age|1993}}

| ceased publication = {{start date and age|2010}}

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| editor = Pierre Gillette{{Cite web |last=Vachon |first=Michelle |date=21 December 2019 |title=Pierre Gillette — For the Sake of Journalism, and for Cambodia |url=https://cambodianess.com/article/pierre-gillette-for-the-sake-of-journalism-and-for-cambodia |access-date=9 December 2023 |website=cambodianess.com |publisher=ThmeyThmey Media |quote=...For about 12 years, Gillette was editor in chief of Cambodia's French-language daily newspaper Cambodge Soir.}}

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| publishing_country = Cambodia

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| language = French

| headquarters = Phnom Penh

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| website = {{URL|https://cambodgesoir.com}}

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Cambodge Soir was a weekly newspaper published in Cambodia and it was the most important French language Cambodian newspaper of the country.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} It was edited in Phnom Penh and distributed in different Cambodian provinces, among French speaking foreigners and Cambodians. The newspaper closed down in 2010.

History

On September 11, 1993, Éditions du Mékong, a private French-Cambodian corporation, created a bimonthly publication known as Le Mékong.Cambodge Soir Hebdo – CRDCS (Centre de ressources et de documentation de Cambodge Soir) [archive] sur Chambre de Commerce Franco Cambodgienne, Annuaire des membres. Consulté le 9 avril 2010

In May 1995, Le Mékong changed the name to Cambodge Soir Info pop (Cambodian Evening) and only published on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.Du Mékong à Cambodge Soir en ligne [archive] sur Ambassade de France au Cambodge. Consulté le 9 avril 2010 In July 1997, Cambodge Soir Info started to publish daily.Du Mékong à Cambodge Soir en ligne [archive] sur Ambassade de France au Cambodge. Consulté le 9 avril 2010

In March 2007, the internet version of the printing publication was created officially under the same name.Kong Sothanarith, « Le journal Cambodge Soir à l'ère du web », dans Le Monde, 2 mars 2007 That edition, however, stopped publishing in June 2007.Cambodge Soir Hebdo – CRDCS (Centre de ressources et de documentation de Cambodge Soir) [archive] sur Chambre de Commerce Franco Cambodgienne, Annuaire des membres. Consulté le 9 avril 2010

In October 2007, it was reopened under the new name of Cambodge Soir Hebdo and started to publish every Tuesday.Cambodge Soir Hebdo [archive] sur Courrier international, Planète presse. Mis en ligne le 12 février 2010, consulté le 9 avril 2010

On November 16, 2009, the Cambodian journalist Ung Chansophea won the French Freedom of Press prize for a report he did on mistreated women in Cambodia.Adrien Le Gal, « Ung Chansophea remporte le prix francophone de la liberté de la presse », dans Cambodge Soir info, 12 novembre 2009 [http://www.cambodgesoir.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36260 texte intégral [archive] (page consultée le 7 avril 2010)]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721191532/http://www.cambodgesoir.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36260 |date=July 21, 2011}}

During 2010, the company stopped trading and closed the newspaper and ceased publication.

In June 2011, the {{Proper name|H2O Media}} office was opened at the building.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

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