Le News Explained

Type:Free biweekly newspaper
Format:Tabloid
Editor:Ed Girardet
Language:English
Headquarters:Lausanne
Website:Le News

Le News is an English-language free biweekly newspaper published in Switzerland.

History and profile

Le News was established on 31 October 2013.[1] It is free and published fortnightly, each second Thursday, in tabloid format.[2] The paper, its online news site and its weekly electronic newsletter focus on local and national news. The paper also carries a large entertainment and events section as well as regular humour, lifestyle, property and education sections.[3] The target audience of the paper are those living in the Arc lémanique from Geneva to Montreux.[4] Jeremy McTeague, Daniel Ahlers and Phillip Judd serve as the directors of Le News.[5] Ed Girardet is the managing editor of the paper.

The paper has a print run of 24,000 copies per edition with an estimated readership of 40,000. The weekly electronic newsletter is emailed to over 5,100 recipients each week.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us. Le News. 6 December 2013.
  2. News: Le News. 6 December 2013. Leman News.
  3. Web site: Le News – New Publication with Local Swiss News in English. Geneva Communicators Network. 6 December 2013. 11 October 2013.
  4. Web site: New English newspaper in Geneva region. SwissNews. 6 December 2013. November–December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131210133215/http://www.swissnews.ch/magazine/single/article/new-english-newspaper-in-geneva-region/. 10 December 2013. dead.
  5. News: Look out for the first edition of Le News this week!. Knowitall. 6 December 2013. 28 October 2013.
  6. Web site: Are Swiss language divisions increasing?. Forum helveticum. Forum Helveticum. 12 June 2014.