sentences:  In 2008, Nishan became the #1 Arabic weekly in Morocco.In October 2010, after 4 years of confrontation with the authorities (see section “legal record”) Benchemsi was forcibly driven to close Nishan, which bankrupted as a consequence of a longstanding advertising boycott campaign, orchestrated by companies close to the royal palace.In December 2010, he quit TelQuel (in order to save it from following Nishan's path, observers said) and left Morocco to the United States.