Le News

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Le News
TypeFree biweekly newspaper
Format Tabloid
EditorEd Girardet
Founded31 October 2013;8 years ago (2013-10-31)
Language English
HeadquartersLausanne
Website Le News

Le News is an English-language free biweekly newspaper published in Switzerland.

Contents

History and profile

Le News was established on 31 October 2013. [1] It is free and published fortnightly, each second Thursday, in tabloid format. [2] [3] The paper, its online news site and its weekly electronic newsletter focus on local and national news. The paper also carries a large entertainment and events section as well as regular humour, lifestyle, property and education sections. [4] The target audience of the paper are those living in the Arc lémanique from Geneva to Montreux. [5] Jeremy McTeague, Daniel Ahlers and Phillip Judd serve as the directors of Le News. [3] Ed Girardet is the managing editor of the paper.

The paper has a print run of 24,000 copies per edition with an estimated readership of 40,000. The weekly electronic newsletter is emailed to over 5,100 recipients each week. [6]

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References

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