Readly International AB (publ) has added 71 regional daily, weekly and bi-weekly newspapers to its growing French content portfolio. The platform continues to broaden its newspaper offering across markets, which now includes some of the most popular newspapers across its core European markets. With these new signings, Readly is continuing to meet the needs of its French subscribers by providing them with international, national and local news in line with their requests.

Readly launched its platform in France in November 2022 with just over 400 titles and have since then continued to expand the content portfolio reaching over 550 titles in France. The addition of regional and local newspapers has been a continued strategic focus across Readly markets since 2021, and is an important addition in France where a recent survey by the all one can read platform indicated that 65 percent of French subscribers selected regional news amongst the top three categories they read regularly. The popularity of local news may also be the result of more consumers seeking trusted content close to home.

YouGov research commissioned by Readly showed that 65 percent of people in France are concerned about the spread of fake news and indicated that consuming verified, trusted journalism is ‘very important' to 42% of French people.