''Le Journal du dimanche'' (English: ''Sunday's newspaper'') is a French weekly newspaper published on Sundays in France.

History and profile

''Le Journal du Dimanche'' was created by Pierre Lazareff in 1948. He was managing editor of '' France Soir'' at that time. The weekly paper belongs to the Lagardère Group through

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. The company is also the publisher of the paper which is based in Paris and which is published on Sundays. ''Le Journal du Dimanche'' was published in broadsheet format until 1999 when it began to be published in the

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. On 6 March 2011 the paper again changed its format and became published in large tabloid format. In the period of 2001-2002, ''Le Journal du Dimanche'' had a circulation of 275,000 copies. Its 2009, circulation was 269,000 copies. Between January and December 2010, the paper had a circulation of 257,280 copies. In 2020, ''Le Journal du Dimanche'' had a circulation of 151,007 copies.

Staff

* Alain Genestar * Jean-Claude Maurice between 1999 and December 2005. * Jacques Espérandieu (ex-''

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'') between December 2005 and May 2008. * Christian de Villeneuve between May 2008 and February 2010 * Olivier Jay between March 2010 and December 2011 * Jerôme Bellay since January 2012

References

*Article on the French Wikipedia.

External links

Official website
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