Le Temps
Le Temps is one of
Switzerland's leading daily
newspapers. The
French language newspaper is published in
Geneva and has editorial offices in
Geneva,
Lausanne,
Berne and
Zurich. The paper in
midi format has a circulation of 50,000 and a readership of 142,000, including 14,000 in
German-speaking Switzerland.
The first edition was published on
18 March 1998, following the merger of
Journal de Genève-Gazette de Lausanne with
Edipresse's
Le Nouveau Quotidien.
The newspaper's publisher, "Le Temps SA" is held by "ER Publishing" at 82%, that in turn is owned by
Edipresse Group at 50% and
Ringier Group at 50%. The remaining 18% are held by:
Le Monde (5%),
Claude Demole (7%) and the staff of the newspaper (6%). One of its features is the
cartoonist Chappatte.
See also:
Le Temps (Paris).
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Le Temps Online edition
