Much more than just a newspaper
When we created The Riviera Times in 2002, we were often asked the question: «Isn’t your monthly Riviera-Côte d’Azur Zeitung in German enough for you?» The response was «no», because our business plan was already clearly defined: to cover the market for press information in the most important foreign languages for the region between Marseille in France and Genova in Italy, including Monaco.
Having occupied the Germanophone niche since 1992, it was therefore only logical to come out with The Riviera Times in English, and a year later Il Corriere della Costa Azzurra in Italian.
Of course, we were not the first to think of having a publication in the universal language which the whole world understands. But we were and still are the only ones with a top quality paper full of information produced by mother-tongue journalists, with a proper editorial team in place. Not a «glossy» magazine without editorial content, and not one with texts translated straight from the French, but a newspaper with its own identity, full of useful items to enable people to enjoy life better in this privileged region: and also one which targets an international readership, as a mirror of the Côte.
Today, our numerous subscribers include not only many readers from France, Monaco, England, Ireland and the rest of Europe, but also from the United States, Scandinavia and even Australia. After only seven years, it is already unthinkable to imagine the media landscape on the Côte d’Azur and in Monaco without The Riviera Times. However, it is a success which we also owe to all those who have had faith in us and who have supported us wholeheartedly in this unusual approach. Thank you all.
Yours sincerely
Petra Hall
Editor-in-chief
The Riviera Times Editor: Cassandra Tanti
Staff Journalist: Louise Kirby, Sarah Lloyd
Contributors:
Claire Lathbury
Lois Bolton
Jill Levison
Oliver Duncan
Carolyn Reynier
Aila Stöckmann
Silke Seehars
Julian Nundy
David Winch
Anne Morris,
Richard Whiting