Le Matin Bleu

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Le Matin Bleu
Le Matin Bleu-logo.png
Type Free daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Edipresse
Founded31 October 2005
Language Swiss French
Ceased publication24 September 2009;15 years ago (2009-09-24)
Headquarters Lausanne, Switzerland
Circulation 100,000[ when? ]
Sister newspapers Le Matin
OCLC number 716842896
Website lematinbleu.ch (in French)

Le Matin Bleu (literally: "The blue morning") was a Swiss French language free daily newspaper, published by Edipresse in Lausanne between 2005 and 2009.

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History

A tabloid-format newspaper, Le Matin Bleu was first published on 31 October 2005, [1] [2] and had a circulation of about 100,000.[ when? ] It was launched in anticipation of 20 minutes , the French-language edition of 20 Minuten , starting 8 March 2006, both of which are also free daily newspapers.

The newspaper was distributed in the most-populated areas of Romandy. While it shared its name with the daily newspaper Le Matin , also published by Edipresse, it was edited independently.

On 24 September 2009, the newspaper ceased publication because of the merger of Edipresse and Tamedia, which was already publishing 20 minutes.

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References

  1. "ADN 4th Spanish national" (PDF). Free Daily Newspapers Newsletter (15). March 2006. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2015.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Bollinger, Ernst:Le Matin in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland ,2008-08-22.