Le Soleil (Quebec)
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Circulation 74,899 weekdays | 91,451 Saturdays 83,244 Sundays in 2015[1] | |
Website | lesoleil.com |
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Le Soleil (The Sun) is a French-language daily newspaper in Quebec City, Quebec. It was founded on December 28, 1896, and is published in compact format since April 2006 (it had traditionally been printed in broadsheet). It is distributed mainly in Quebec City; however, it is also for sale at newsstands in Ottawa, Montreal, New Brunswick and some places in Florida, where many Quebecers spend the winter. It is owned by Groupe Capitales Médias.
On weekdays Le Soleil contains four sections: the front section (Actualités), containing local and international news coverage; the
History
Le Soleil rose from the ashes of
In 1957, Le Soleil (then owned by
Beginning in 1973, many large corporations began to express interest in acquiring Le Soleil. Controversy was stirred when
In 1987,
In 2006, the newspaper had switched to a tabloid format at the same time as Sherbrooke's La Tribune and Trois-Rivières's Le Nouvelliste, all of which were then owned by Gesca. Recent declines in readership due to competition by Le Journal de Québec was the main explanation of the switch from a broadsheet format.
Circulation
Le Soleil has seen like most
- Daily average[3]
Featured contributors
- François Bourque (city columnist)
- Gilbert Lavoie (political analyst)
- Brigitte Breton (editorialist)
- Pierre Asselin (editorialist)
- Mylène Moisan (columnist)
See also
References
- ^ "2015 Daily Newspaper Circulation Spreadsheet (Excel)". News Media Canada. Retrieved 16 December 2017. Numbers are based on the total circulation (print plus digital editions).
- ^ "Daily Newspaper Circulation Data". News Media Canada. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Daily Newspaper Circulation Data". News Media Canada. Retrieved 16 December 2017. Figures refer to the total circulation (print and digital combined) which includes paid and unpaid copies.