Le Temps
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Founded in 1998, Le Temps is a Swiss newspaper edited in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

. Le Temps consists of a daily newspaper (Monday to Saturday), several supplements (Thursday "Sortir" cultural diary; Friday "Carrières" job and management; Saturday "Samedi Culturel" and special features for the week-end), thematic special editions, a performing website and digital applications.

Le Temps is the result of the merger of different newspapers : Journal de Genève-Gazette de Lausanne with Le Nouveau Quotidien.

The newspaper's publisher, "Le Temps SA" is held by "ER Publishing" at 82%, which is owned by Edipresse
Edipresse
Edipresse is an international media and communications company headquartered in Switzerland. Edipresse’s main activities include newspapers and magazine publishing and digital media....

 Group at 50% and Ringier
Ringier
Ringier AG is one of the largest media corporations in Switzerland founded in Zofingen and based in Zürich. It publishes several newspapers and magazines in both German and French...

 Group at 50%. The remaining 18% are held by: Claude Demole (7%), employees (6%) and Le Monde
Le Monde
Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...

 (5%).

In 2010, 130 collaborators work for Le Temps between Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, Bern, Fribourg
Fribourg
Fribourg is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district of Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German and French Switzerland...

, Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

, Neuchâtel, Sion
Sion, Switzerland
Sion is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. it had a population of .Landmarks include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use, which, because of its location in a valley, causes a reasonable amount of noise pollution. FC Sion...

 and Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

.

Le Temps has an advertising agency : Le Temps Media (Publicitas).

Editorial staff

Editor in chief:
  • Pierre Veya (since May 2010)
  • Jean-Jacques Roth (2002-2010)
  • Eric Hoesli (1998-2002)

Collaborations

Le Temps collaborates editorially with newsrooms around the world: Le Monde
Le Monde
Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...

, Le Soir
Le Soir
Le Soir is a Berliner Format Belgian newspaper. Le Soir was founded in 1887 by Emile Rossel. It is the most popular Francophone newspaper in Belgium, and considered a newspaper of record.-Editorial stance:...

, La Tribune
La Tribune
La Tribune is a French financial newspaper that was founded in 1985. The paper is in tabloid format and has a circulation of around 78,000.- External links :**...

, Le Courrier International, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

. On the commercial aspect, Le Temps shares advertising pools with NZZ and lemonde.fr.

Historical archives

Le Temps recently proceeded to the digitization of the three newspapers that are at its origin : Journal de Genève-Gazette de Lausanne and Le Nouveau Quotidien. Thanks to the help of the Swiss national and regional libraries, Le Temps is now able to offer 200 years of independent Swiss press. Available on the Internet : www.letempsarchives.ch
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