Woxx is a multilingual weekly newspaper published in Luxembourg.

Woxx
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founded23 September 1988; 36 years ago (1988-09-23)
Political alignmentGreens
LanguageFrench, German, and Luxembourgish
HeadquartersLuxembourg
Circulation3,000 (2010)

History and profile

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The newspaper was founded as GréngeSpoun by the Greens in 1988.[1][2] In 2000, it was renamed as Woxx[3] and given independence, although its editorials still support the Greens. The weekly is published weekly on Fridays in all three of Luxembourg's official languages: French, German, and Luxembourgish.[2]

The headquarters of Woxx is in the city of Luxembourg.[2] It received €230,417 in annual state press subsidy in 2009.[4]

Woxx had a circulation of around 3,000 copies in 2004.[5] It was again 3,000 copies in 2010.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Media" (PDF). Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Woxx". Euro Topics. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. ^ Romain Kohn (2003). "Luxembourg". In Ana Karlsreiter (ed.). Media in Multilingual Societies. Freedom and Responsibility. Vienna: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Ministère d'État" (PDF). Service Information et Press. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  5. ^ Hirsch, Mario (2004). "Luxembourg". In Kelly, Mary J.; Mazzoleni, Gianpietro; McQuail, Denis (eds.). The Media in Europe. London: Sage. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-7619-4132-3.
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