Le Temps
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Berliner |
Owner(s) | 92,4 % Ringier (since 2014) |
Editor-in-chief | Stéphane Benoit-Godet |
Founded | 18 March 1998 |
Political alignment | Centre; social-liberalism |
Language | French |
Headquarters | Pont Bessières 3 1002 Lausanne Suisse |
ISSN | 1423-3967 |
OCLC number | 38739976 |
Website | www.letemps.ch |
Le Temps (literally "The Times") is a Swiss daily newspaper in French published in the Berliner format in Geneva by Le Temps SA.
It is the only nationwide French-language non-specialized daily newspaper of Switzerland.
According to the Research Department on Public Opinion and Society (FÖG) of the University of Zurich, it is of "high quality".[1][2]
Contents
History and profile
First published on 18 March 1998,[3] it is the result of the merger of the newspapers Journal de Genève, Gazette de Lausanne and Le Nouveau Quotidien.[4] As of 2010[update], it had 130 correspondents, including in Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Sion and Zurich.
Published Monday through Saturday, the newspaper has several supplements (Friday: "Carrières" job and management; Saturday: "Samedi culturel" and special features for the week-end; monthly "Sortir"[5] cultural diary), thematic special editions, a website and digital applications.
Its publisher, Le Temps SA, was held by ER Publishing at eighty-two percent, which, in turn, is fifty-percent owned by Edipresse Group and fifty-percent owned by Ringier Group. The remaining eighteen-percent ownership is held by Claude Demole (seven percent), employees (six percent) and Le Monde newspaper (five percent).
Since 2014, Le Temps SA is owned at 92.5% by Ringier, at 3% by Claude Demole, at 2.4% by the Société des rédacteurs et du personnel du Temps SA and at 2.1% by Le Monde. Ringier announced that the reaction will move to Lausanne (to join the one of L'hebdo) although the Board of directors (chaired by Stéphane Garelli) will stay in Geneva.
Le Temps[clarification needed] has an advertising agency, Le Temps Media (Publicitas).
The circulation of Le Temps was 45,970 copies in 2006.[6] Its circulation was 45,506 copies in 2009.[7] In 2013 the paper had a paid circulation of 36,391 copies.[8]
Editors-in-chief
The newspaper's former and current editors-in-chief are:
- Eric Hoesli, from 1998 to 2002.
- Jean-Jacques Roth, from 2002 to 2010.
- Pierre Veya, from 2010 to 2015.
- Stéphane Benoit-Godet, since in January 2015.[8]
Collaborations
The newspaper collaborates editorially with newsrooms around the world, including Le Courrier International, Le Monde, Le Soir and La Tribune.
It shares advertising pools with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and Le Monde.
Archives
The newspaper's publisher recently[timeframe?] began to digitalise its archives of the newspaper's predecessors, Journal de Genève-Gazette de Lausanne and Le Nouveau Quotidien. With assistance of the Swiss national and regional libraries, the publisher offers 200 years of independent Swiss press, available on the Internet at www.letempsarchives.ch.
Notes and references
- ↑ The Quality of the Media, main findings, Research Department on Public Opinion and Society (FÖG) of the University of Zurich, 2012.
- ↑ Yves Petignat, "Le nivellement par le bas de la presse suisse", www.letemps.ch, Wednesday 25 September 2013.
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See also
External links
- (French) Official website
- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- Wikipedia articles needing clarification from August 2012
- Articles with French-language external links
- 1998 establishments in Switzerland
- Publications established in 1998
- Daily newspapers published in Switzerland
- French-language newspapers published in Switzerland
- Media in Geneva