Le Temps

Le Temps is a French -language daily newspaper in Switzerland.

The publication is in Geneva. Le Temps was created in 1998 from the merger of Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne, and Le Nouveau Quotidien. The first issue was published on 18 March 1998. The newspaper is the French-language newspaper of Switzerland in the fields of politics, foreign policy, and culture (next to L' Agéfi ) economy. Emphasis be placed on information, expert analysis and opinion formation. The newspaper is distributed throughout Switzerland and in France. She got from the great French newspaper of the III the name. Republic ( since 1944, Le Monde ) loan.

History

Journal de Genève ( 1826)

Gazette de Lausanne ( 1804)

1798 founded Gabriel -Antoine Miéville the Peuple Vaudois. Bulletin officiel. It was produced in 1804, the Gazette de Lausanne, which he still supervised until 1822. The publication was from 1804 to 1855 two or three times weekly, daily from 1856. 1917 to 1928, she appeared twice, then for several years even three times a day, starting in 1965, in turn, once per day. The political orientation was liberal. Significant journalists were Edouard Secretan, Albert Bonnard, Edmond Rossier, Edgar Junod, Georges Rigassi, Gaston Bridel, Georges Duplain and Pierre Beguin. The latter two launched and managed the Saturday supplement Gazette littéraire, which was the most important cultural information organ in western Switzerland 1949-1972. As the Gazette was from the 1960s in financial difficulty, she reinforced. Since 1970 editorial collaboration with the JDG, which they fully acquired in 1991

Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne ( 1991)

1991, the Journal de Genève and the Gazette de Lausanne, founded in 1798 merged under the name of the Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne. Its main shareholders were a foundation of Sandoz (17%) family, the Geneva Stock Exchange ( 16%) and the cantonal Employers ( 15%). The high cost of international, renowned daily newspaper for Geneva contributed the major shareholders, v. a the Geneva Private Bankers Association, which in 1992 and 1996 deficits ( 1996: CHF 2.9 million) to cover, had to invest in additional capital.

Le Nouveau Quotidien (1991 )

Also started in 1991 three heavyweights in the Swiss press, Edipresse (almost all French speaking newspapers and magazines, including 24 heures, Le Matin, Tribune de Genève, investments in Spain and Portugal, 16 cinemas in Lausanne and Geneva ), Ringier and Publicitas a competition - quality sheet Le Nouveau Quotidien ( NQ ). The NQ never reached the level and reputation of the JDG. In addition, he never was in the black and drove a large losses.

Le Temps (1998)

Given this situation, and the general trend towards concentration in the press market in Switzerland, and particularly in the Romandie both newspaper publishers have developed possible strategies for the future. A merger of JDG and NZZ failed, however, as well as any new donors could be found for the NQ. This reality forced the two tough competitors to reach an agreement in tough negotiations with the aim of eliminating the release of their leaves and jointly publish a new daily newspaper Le Temps. The project provided that the parties are involved in a new issuing corporation jointly to 47% each; the remaining 6 % were provided (similar to Le Monde) for a society of editors of the new newspaper Le Temps.

Today (January 2006), 89.4 % of the shares held by ER Publishing, which in turn owned 50 % of the Edipresse group and 50 % Ringier. The French Le Monde holds 2.1% of the highly engaged in the publishing business Geneva banker Claude Demole 6.1% and 2.4 % are owned by the employees.

After the Tribune de Genève is published as the top sheet 24 heures and the setting of La Suisse is Le Temps next to the small Catholic Le Courrier the last daily newspaper from Geneva.