Editor-in-chief | Thierry Fiorilli |
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Categories | News magazine |
Frequency | Weekly |
Circulation | 76,000 (March 2014) |
Publisher | Roularta Printing |
Founded | 1983 |
Company | Roularta Media Group |
Country | Belgium |
Based in | Brussels |
Language | French |
Website | Le Vif/L'Express |
ISSN | 0774-2711 |
OCLC | 1031321905 |
Le Vif/L'Express is a weekly news magazine published in Brussels, Belgium. It has been in circulation since 1983.
The magazine was established under the name of Le Vif in 1983. [1] [2] Its name was changed to Le Vif/L'Express when an agreement was made with the French magazine L'Express . [1] Both magazines have had a cooperation since then [3] and are both owned by Roularta Media Group. [4] [5]
Le Vif/L'Express has its headquarters in Brussels. [2] [5] As of 2010 Thierry Fiorilli was the editor-in-chief of the magazine, [2] which is published weekly on Fridays [5] [6] and offers news on politics, economics, investigations, society and culture in relation to both Belgium and international events. [4] It also covers news on literature and sports. [6] During the period of 2011-2012 55.3% of its readers were men. [7]
Le Vif/L'Express magazine is the equivalent of Flemish weekly news magazine Knack , which is also owned by the Roularta Media Group. [5] [2] Both magazines are published by Roularta Printing, a subsidiary of the Roularta Media Group. [8]
Le Vif/L'Express adopts a neutral political stance. [5] The weekly has several supplements: Focus Vif, a culture publication, Le Vif Weekend, a lifestyle magazine [4] [9] and Vacature Emploi. [10] In 2010 Le Vif/L'Express began to offer T'chin, a health supplement, together with its sister magazine Knack. [11]
Le Vif/L'Express sold 82,362 copies in 1998 and 85,772 copies in 1998. [12] The magazine had a circulation of 97,000 copies in the period of 2006–2007. [13] Next year the magazine sold 97,605 copies. [2]
The circulation of the magazine was 72,040 copies in 2010 and 68,781 copies in 2011. [14] It was 65,274 copies in 2012 [14] and 65,689 copies in 2013. [15] In March 2014 its circulation grew to 76,000 copies. [4]