La Libre Belgique
Circulation 23,198 (2022) | | |
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La Libre Belgique (French pronunciation:
History
The modern La Libre traces its origins to the Le Patriote newspaper, founded by Victor and Louis Jourdain in 1884. Politically, the newspaper supported the dominant centre-right Catholic Party.[1]
After the
The newspaper
After the war, La Libre Belgique supported the mainstream
La Libre today
La Libre is published six times per week (from Monday to Saturday) by the IPM publishing group
La Libre was noted widely as one of the papers involved in a feud with Google relating to which content that could be linked and cached by Google. In July 2011, the paper was totally removed from Google News and Google's normal web search.
Circulation
La Libre Belgique reached a record circulation of 190,000 copies in 1959. In 1990 the paper sold 170,000 copies.[8] However, by 1999 it had dropped to 68,212 copies. The 2002 circulation of the paper was 61,463 copies with a market share of 9.6 percent.[9] The circulation of the paper was 42,000 in copies in 2010.[4] In 2016, the paper had a circulation of 35,500 with an online traffic of 1-5 million.[10] In 2022, the paper had a circulation of 23,198 copies according to official IPM documents.
Films
Aspects of the newspaper's history reflecting the
See also
References
- ^ "Communicating Europe Manual: Belgium" (PDF). European Stability Initiative. July 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ Laporte, Christian (1 August 2014). "Du "Patriote" à "La Libre Belgique"…". La Libre. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- Cegesoma. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d "La Libre Belgique". Euro Topics. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Belgian French-language news publishers, authors societies and Google reach partnership agreement" (PDF). Copie Presse. Brussels. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-84150-192-5. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ a b "La Libre Belgique". VoxEurop. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ISBN 978-92-871-2807-2. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ David Ward (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries" (PDF). Dutch Media Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "La Libre Belgique". Euro Topics. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
Further reading
- Kerckhove, Albert van de (1919). L'histoire merveilleuse de La Libre Belgique. Brussels: A. Dewit. OCLC 475621239.
- Goemaere, Pierre (1919). Histoire de La Libre Belgique Clandestine. Brussels: Piette Éd. OCLC 635972271.
External links
- Official website (in French)