L'Express (lit. 'The Express') was a Swiss regional French-language daily newspaper published in Neuchâtel. Originally founded in 1738 as Feuille d'avis de Neuchatel (FAN), it was renamed L'Express in 1988. It was the oldest still-published French-language newspaper in the world, before it was merged in 2018 with L'Impartial, another Swiss French-language paper, to form ArcInfo.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2 October 1738 |
| Language | French |
| Ceased publication | 23 January 2018 |
| Headquarters | Neuchâtel, Canton of Neuchâtel |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Circulation | 28,490 (2003) |
| Sister newspapers | L'Impartial |
| ISSN | 1660-7457 |
| OCLC number | 500918212 |
| Website | www |
History
editOriginally founded in 1738 as Feuille d'avis de Neuchatel, it was renamed L'Express in 1988. it was the oldest still-published French-language newspaper in the world, before it was merged in 2018 with L'Impartial, another Swiss French-language paper, to form ArcInfo. The papers had previously mostly merged in 1996, but had kept their names; the respective companies merged three years later. Afterwards, the two papers shared much of the same content and an editorial team, but differed in some of their regional coverage. This was announced in August 2017 in an op-ed printed in both papers by the co-editor-in-chief Stéphane Devaux, who said things would change at the papers and that they were "in the middle of a vast project", opening up the possibility of merging their distribution.[1][2]
The first issue of the paper was to be printed 23 January 2018, featuring a new layout that was identical even in the regional content.[2] No jobs were lost at either paper in the process of the merger.[1][2] The name ArcInfo was the name already used for the online versions of both publications.[2]
L'Express covered international, national and local issues, including local exhibitions. The newspaper's circulation was 28,490 in 2003.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Fusion et restructuration en vue pour les journaux neuchâtelois" [Neuchâtel newspapers to merge and restructure]. Le Temps (in Swiss French). ATS. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Presse neuchâteloise: L'Impartial et L'Express fusionnent pour donner naissance à ArcInfo" [Neuchâtel press: L'Impartial and L'Express merge to create ArcInfo]. Le Nouvelliste (in Swiss French). Sion. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ Bollinger, Ernst: L'Express in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 20 November 2013.
External links
edit- Official website
(in French) - Archives of L'Express via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
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