Le Nouvelliste

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Le Nouvelliste
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description Swiss daily newspaper
language French
publishing company Éditions Le Nouvelliste SA (Editions Suisses Holding SA by Philippe Hersant )
First edition 17th November 1903
Frequency of publication working days
Sold edition 35,561 (previous year 36,832) copies
( WEMF circulation bulletin 2018)
Widespread edition 35,851 (previous year 37,157) copies
(WEMF circulation bulletin 2018)
Range 0.109 (previous year 0.115) million readers
(WEMF MACH Basic 2018-II)
Editors-in-chief Sandra Jean (Editorial Director)
Vincent Fragnière (Editor-in-Chief)
editor Rhône-Media SA
executive Director Stéphane Estival
Web link www.lenouvelliste.ch
Article archive Le Nouvelliste 1904–2012
ISSN 2235-0411

Le Nouvelliste is a French-language Swiss daily newspaper based in Sion in the canton of Valais . The newspaper continuously increased its influence in the French-speaking part of Valais, where it has a monopoly. In the beginning it was conservative and Catholic. For some years now it has had a more pluralistic orientation.

General

The Nouvelliste reached a WEMF - certified circulation of 35'561 (previous year 36'832.) Sold or 35'851 (previous year 37'157.) Distributed copies and a reach of 109,000 readers ((previous year: 115,000.) WEMF MACH Basic 2018-II).

In cooperation with the Valais media library and the Swiss National Library and with financial support from Loterie Romande , all editions of the Nouvelliste have been digitized since 1903 and have been made available to the public free of charge online since January 14, 2014.

history

In 1903 Charles Haegler founded Le Nouvelliste valaisan in Saint-Maurice , which initially appeared three times a week and from 1929 on every working day. Under André Luisier (1924–1998), Haegler's successor as editor-in-chief from 1949, the newspaper moved to Sion. In 1960, Le Nouvelliste valaisan (circulation: 8,800 copies) merged with Le Rhône from Martigny (6,500 copies), a newspaper without political affiliation that appeared three times a week, and took on the name Le Nouvelliste du Rhône . In 1961 the certified edition was 13,800 copies.

In 1968, Le Nouvelliste du Rhône took over the canton's second daily newspaper, the Feuille d'Avis du Valais (circulation: 13,400 copies), and renamed itself Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais . In 1969 its circulation was 27,000 copies. The newspaper has been called Le Nouvelliste since 2005 . The sheet was printed in Sion from 1960. At the end of 1971 it was one of the first Swiss newspapers to be printed in color offset .

Under the leadership of the owner and editor-in-chief André Luisier, the Nouvelliste has long cultivated an image of unconditional political rigor and ideology. Mockingly called La Pravda by his opponents , he represented the political and Catholic power ruling in Valais.

In 1994, André Luisier, who was also president and main sponsor of FC Sion , took over the construction of a new, modern printing center and had to surrender the majority of the parent company Rhône-Media to several heterogeneous groups of shareholders who subsequently fought over the direction of the newspaper. The Lausanne media group Edipresse also took a 37.5% stake in the company. Under the editors-in-chief François Dayer and Jean Bonnard, the newspaper initially went through an opening. In 2007, however, the right-wing conservative shareholder groups prevailed and appointed Jean-François Fournier as editor-in-chief, who again initiated a pronounced right-wing course.

In 2004 the Nouvelliste signed a cooperation agreement with the Freiburg daily La Liberté . The exchange between the editorial offices should be expanded, the areas of marketing, sales and training should work together and the IT systems should be made compatible with one another.

In 2006 the publishing company, a subsidiary of Rhône-Media, changed its name from “Imprimerie Moderne SA Sion” to “Éditions Le Nouvelliste SA”.

In 2009, the prospect that the takeover of Edipresse's Swiss media activities by Tamedia would make a major Swiss-German publisher the largest shareholder in the Nouvelliste , leading to an agreement between the previously divided Valais shareholders of Rhône-Media Jacques Lathion and Bernard Donzé. The latter gave part of his package to Lathion, so that both held an identical share of a good 30%. They signed a shareholders ' agreement that required a two-thirds majority of Valais shareholders for decisions . Other Valais shareholders should follow suit. Edipresse, however, sold its stake in Jacques Lathion at the end of 2009, making him the majority shareholder.

In 2010, Groupe ESH Médias (Editions Suisses Holding SA) took over the majority of Rhône-Media from Philippe Hersant, owner of the French media group Hersant , already owner of the Neuchâtel newspapers Express and Impartial and La Côte from Nyon . The nouvellist was then to adhere to a less polemical and more balanced editorial line. Hersant sacked director Patrik Chabbey in January 2013 and the controversial editor-in-chief Jean-François Fournier in October 2013. The editors-in-chief Sandra Jean and Vincent Fragnière appointed by Hersant in 2014 aim to make the paper even more independent, critical and credible.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b WEMF edition bulletin 2018 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 20 (PDF; 796 kB). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wemf.ch
  2. ↑ Est-ce un aventure téméraire? In: Le Nouvelliste. December 1, 1971, p. 1.
  3. ↑ Luzius Theler: The Valais “Nouvelliste” is redefining itself. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 13, 2010.
  4. ↑ Closer cooperation. In: persoenlich.com . January 16, 2004.
  5. ↑ New major shareholder in «Nouvelliste» publisher. In: persoenlich.com. March 25, 2009.
  6. ↑ Edipresse vend of participations. In: monetas. November 26, 2009.
  7. ↑ Two youngsters are supposed to renew the «Nouvelliste». In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . March 18, 2014.