Moustique

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Moustique
Categories News magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Founded1924;100 years ago (1924)
CompanyL’Avenir Hebdo
Country Belgium
Based in Brussels
Language French
Website www.moustique.be
ISSN 2034-6816
OCLC 900968294

Moustique (French : The Mosquito) is a weekly news magazine with a special reference to current affairs, culture and television. It has been in circulation since 1924 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. [1]

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History and profile

The magazine was started in 1924 with the name Le Moustique and became Télémoustique at the end of the 1960s. [1] [2] It is published on a weekly basis. [1] In March 2011 it was relaunched under the name Moustique. [3] It covers news, cultural events and television-related articles. [3]

Moustique was started by the Dupuis company. [4] The magazine was owned by the Sanoma Magazines. [3] [5] In November 2015 L’Avenir Hebdo, a subsidiary of Nethys  [ fr ], which is a Liège-based media company, acquired the magazine. [5] [6]

In 2013 Moustique sold 70,000 copies. [7]

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