(literally "The Morning") is a
Swiss
Swiss may refer to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
*Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
*Swiss, North Carolina
* Swiss, West Virginia
*Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
* Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
* Swiss Internation ...
French-language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in No ...
daily newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...
published by
Edipresse
Edipresse is a company headquartered in Switzerland. Its main activities are magazine publishing, real estate and digital ventures.
History
The company was founded in 1907 by Paul Allenspach, publisher of the newspaper '' La Feuille d'Avis de L ...
in
Lausanne
, neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
The publication of the daily newspaper was stopped on 21 July 2018. The Sunday and on-line versions continue.
History and profile
The newspaper was created in 1972 when was renamed as .
The paper is published in
tabloid-format. Between 31 October 2005 and 25 September 2009, Edipresse also published , a
free daily newspaper
Free newspapers are distributed Gratis versus libre, free of charge, often in central places in cities and towns, on public transport, with other newspapers, or separately door-to-door. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising. Th ...
distributed in the most-populated areas of
Romandy. However, despite the similar names between the new newspapers, they were edited independently. ceased publication because of the merger of Edipresse with
Tamedia, publisher of the competing .
In 1997 had a circulation of 67,522 copies.
The same year the circulation of , its Sunday edition, was 226,465 copies.
[ The 2006 circulation of was 76,194 copies.][ In 2009 's circulation was 58,849 copies.]
See also
* List of newspapers in Switzerland
References
External links
*
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1972 establishments in Switzerland
Newspapers established in 1972
Daily newspapers published in Switzerland
French-language newspapers published in Switzerland
Mass media in Lausanne