La Suisse (newspaper)
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| description | Swiss daily newspaper |
| language | French |
| publishing company | Sonor SA |
| First edition | May 1, 1898 |
| attitude | March 13, 1994 (free follow-up numbers until March 31) |
| Frequency of publication | Every day |
| Sold edition | 100,000 (Sundays) / 58,000 (weekdays) copies |
| (1962/1994) | |
| Editor-in-chief | Michel Baettig |
The La Suisse was a Swiss newspaper that from May 1898 to March 1994 in Geneva appeared.
Initially a party newspaper, then an independent newspaper, La Suisse was the daily newspaper with the highest circulation in French-speaking Switzerland at its peak .
history
The first edition appeared on May 1, 1898, edited by Paul Pictet , Bern correspondent for the Journal de Genève . The La Suisse was the first organ of the Liberal Party of Switzerland and the Geneva Democrats, however, ended this connection in 1903 and became the independent newspaper. In 1908 Alfred Nicole took over the newspaper.
The newspaper published the first extra edition on September 11, 1898 on the occasion of the murder of Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary , the Empress Sissi, on the Quai du Mont-Blanc in Geneva. During the First World War, she published over 100 extra editions.
1939 agreed La Suisse and Tribune de Genève , the La Suisse as the morning and the Tribune de Genève to appear as an evening newspaper. After the Second World War , the circulation rose from 37,000 to 68,000 copies by 1984; in February 1962, La Suisse was the only Geneva daily newspaper that also appeared on Sundays to achieve a Sunday circulation of 100,000.
Marc Chenevière , editor-in-chief from 1941 to 1975, greatly expanded the newspaper's network of correspondents. Under his leadership, the paper had the highest circulation in French-speaking Switzerland for a certain period of time. In 1959, Alfred Nicole's grandson, Jean-Claude Nicole, joined the company and two years later took over the management of the newspaper.
In 1988 the Tribune de Genève terminated the agreement and also became the morning paper. The existence-threatening competition led the owners of La Suisse to unprofitable investments in new technologies (e.g. in the Minitel , which was unsuccessful in Switzerland, the European satellite television Tel-Sat or the private radio Montblanc ), which ultimately led to bankruptcy and led to the disappearance of the newspaper on March 13, 1994. Most recently, the circulation of the weekday edition of La Suisse was 58,000 copies, far below that of the Vaudois daily newspaper 24 heures , which reached 95,000 copies.
The publishing company of La Suisse , Sonor SA, whose debt was estimated at CHF 200 million in the end, also published the bi-weekly La Semaine sportive , the weekly La Gazette de Moutier and the monthly Le Temps stratégique .
Well-known authors
- Jack Rollan , author of Bonjour , a daily humorous chronicle
- Raoul Riesen , author of Renquilleur , a daily gloss
- Serge Lang , sports journalist, specialist in skiing and cycling, founder of the Alpine Ski World Cup in 1966
literature
- Ernst Bollinger: La Suisse. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Prix Michel Baettig. In: Plate-forme des Entreprises Professionnalisantes.
- ↑ a b Alain Jacquesson: Quotidiens conservés ou consultables dans les bibliothèques patrimoniales de RERO. (PDF; 738 kB) Library Association of Western Switzerland Réro (French), accessed on November 27, 2011 .
- ↑ Total idleness . In: Der Spiegel . No. 49 , 1980 ( online ).
- ↑ Genève perd. In: Klartext - Das Schweizer Medienmagazin . 1994, accessed November 27, 2011 .
- ^ Sarah Veal: La Suisse's Bitter End. In: New York Times . March 29, 1994, accessed November 27, 2011 .