Le Temps (Switzerland)
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| description | Swiss daily newspaper |
| language | French |
| publishing company | Ringier Axel Springer Switzerland |
| First edition | March 18, 1998 or January 3, 1804 (as Gazette de Lausanne ) or February 1, 1798 (as Peuple vaudois. Bulletin officiel ) |
| Frequency of publication | working days |
| Sold edition | 34,863 (previous year 32,404) copies |
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| Widespread edition | 35,071 (previous year 32,535) copies |
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| Range | 0.108 (previous year 0.112) million readers |
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| Editor-in-chief | Stéphane Benoit-Godet |
| editor | Ringier |
| executive Director | Daniel Pillard |
| Web link | www.letemps.ch |
| Article archive | www.letempsarchives.ch |
| ISSN (print) | 1423-3967 |
Le Temps is a French- language daily newspaper in Switzerland that appears in Lausanne . The newspaper is Switzerland's French-language reference newspaper in the areas of politics , foreign policy , culture and (alongside L'Agefi ) economy . It belongs to the Ringier Axel Springer media group .
Le Temps was created in 1998 from the merger of Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne and Le Nouveau Quotidien . The first edition appeared on March 18, 1998. The focus is on information, competent analysis and opinion-forming. The newspaper is distributed throughout Switzerland and also in France . It was named by the great French reference newspaper of III. Republic (since 1944 Le Monde ) borrowed.
Le Temps has a WEMF - certified circulation of 34'861 (previous year 32'404.) Sold or 35'071 (previous year 32'535.) Distributed copies and a reach of 108,000 readers (previous year: 112,000.).
history
Gazette de Lausanne (1804-1991)
In 1798 Gabriel-Antoine Miéville from Grandson founded the Peuple vaudois. Bulletin officiel . The name of the newspaper changed several times, became the Bulletin hélvetique in 1800 and closed for incitement to the population, but was immediately resurrected as the Journal hélvetique , became the Bulletin vaudois in 1803 and finally on January 3, 1804, to avoid confusion with its political competitor Nouvelliste vaudois , to the Gazette de Lausanne . In 1816 the Gazette took over the Journal suisse , which was founded in 1804, and was henceforth called Gazette de Lausanne et Journal suisse .
The frequency of publication was two or three times a week from 1804 to 1855, and daily from 1856. From 1917 to 1928 it appeared twice, then for several years even three times a day, and from 1965 again once a day. The political orientation was liberal. Notable journalists were Édouard Secretan , Albert Bonnard, Edmond Rossier , Maurice Muret , Edgar Junod, Georges Rigassi, Gaston Bridel, Georges Duplain and Pierre Béguin . The latter two launched and ran the Saturday supplement Gazette littéraire, which was the most important cultural information organ in French-speaking Switzerland between 1949 and 1972. Since the Gazette found itself increasingly in financial difficulties from the 1960s, it intensified the editorial cooperation with the Journal de Genève from 1970 .
Journal de Genève (1826–1991)
The Journal de Genève was a liberal daily newspaper that first appeared on January 6, 1826 in Geneva as a weekly newspaper and from 1850 as a daily newspaper. It developed into the leading newspaper for politics, finance and economics in French-speaking Switzerland.
Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne (1991–1998)
In 1991 the Journal de Genève took over completely the Gazette de Lausanne, which was founded in 1804 and ran into financial difficulties . The name Gazette de Lausanne only appeared in the subtitle. The main shareholders of the merged product were the Sandoz Family Foundation (17%), the Geneva Stock Exchange (16%) and the cantonal employers' association (15%). The high costs of an international, renowned daily newspaper for Geneva were borne by the main shareholders, v. a. the Geneva private bankers, which had to inject capital in 1992 and 1996 to cover the deficits (1996: 2.9 million CHF ).
Le Nouveau Quotidien (1991–1998)
Also in 1991, three heavyweights in the Swiss press, Edipresse (at that time publisher of almost all French-speaking Swiss press products, including 24 heures , Le Matin , Tribune de Genève , holdings in Spain and Portugal, 16 cinemas in Lausanne and Geneva), Ringier and Publicitas , a competition Quality sheet, Le Nouveau Quotidien . The editor-in-chief was Jacques Pilet . The Nouveau Quotidien , however, did not reach the level and reputation of the Journal de Genève . He never came into the black and made huge losses.
Le Temps (from 1998)
Meanwhile, the Journal de Genève was also in deficit. A takeover by the NZZ failed, and no new donors could be found for the Nouveau Quotidien . After negotiations, the editors of the two newspapers agreed to merge the two papers into a new newspaper under the name Le Temps . "ER Publishing" held 89.4% of the new publishing company, of which Edipresse and Ringier each owned 50% . The Geneva banker Claude Demole , who is heavily involved in the publishing business, held 6.1%, the Société des Rédacteurs et du Personnel du Monde 2.4% and the Société éditrice du Monde 2.1%. Demole later gave 3.1% to ER Publishing.
The first editor-in-chief was Eric Hoesli (1998–2002), followed by Jean-Jacques Roth (2002–2010) and Pierre Veya.
In 2010/2011 Edipresse handed over its Swiss media activities to the Zurich media company Tamedia , which means that the tough competitors Ringier and Tamedia found themselves as partners in an important Swiss newspaper. In October 2013, they then declared that they wanted to sell Le Temps . If no viable buyer can be found, one of the two Le Temps will take over completely. For reasons of competition law, however, only Ringier was considered from the outset. Only the "Cercle des Amis du Temps" remained as a valid candidate for the purchase, but its offer was not enough. As a result, Ringier took over Tamedia's stake in Le Temps and thus holds 92.5%.
Since the Tribune de Genève was published as the head page of 24 heures and the termination of La Suisse , Le Temps has been the last daily newspaper from Geneva alongside the small Catholic Le Courrier .
The newspaper has also had a paid online portal since the 2010s, which in January-September 2018 offered 0.996–1.225 (2016 0.812–0.932) million unique clients , 3.287–3.882 (2016 2.363–3.134) million visits and 5.841–7.072 ( 2016 5.037–5.900) million page impressions .
Historical archive
In cooperation with the Swiss National Library , the Library of Geneva and the Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne and with the financial support of the Sandoz Family Foundation, the banking and financial group Mirabaud and the marketing, sales and service group for media and advertisers PubliGroupe were all Editions of the Gazette de Lausanne from 1798 (Peuple vaudois. Bulletin officiel) to 1991, the Journal de Genève from 1826 to 1998 and the Nouveau Quotidien from 1991 to 1998 have been digitized and have been made available to the public online free of charge since December 2008.
Awards
Le Temps' digital offers have received several awards. In 2017 she received the Online Journalism Award .
Web links
- Le Temps website
- Le Temps. Archives historique. Historical archive of the editions of the Gazette de Lausanne from 1798 (Peuple vaudois. Bulletin officiel) to 1991, the Journal de Genève from 1826 to 1998 and the Nouveau Quotidien from 1991 to 1998
- Ernst Bollinger: Gazette de Lausanne. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Ernst Bollinger: Journal de Genève. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Ernst Bollinger: Le Nouveau Quotidien. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Alix Heiniger: Le Temps. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 28 (PDF; 796 kB).
- ↑ a b WEMF Total Audience 2018-2 ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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. 10 (PDF; 609 kB).
- ^ Daniel Pillard. In: Ringier website.
- ↑ 1798-1932. L'histoire de la Gazette de Lausanne et Journal suisse. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Gazette de Lausanne. July 25, 1932 (special issue of the Gazette de Lausanne on the 50th anniversary), p. 9.
- ^ Rainer Stadler : Ringier adorns himself with "Le Temps". In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 11, 2014.
- ↑ NET-Metrix-Audit of NET-Metrix AG (joint venture of WEMF , Mediapulse and simsa )
- ↑ Le Temps. Retrieved August 23, 2020 .
