Lëtzebuerger Journal

Lëtzebuerger Journal
Type Daily newspaper
Owner Editions Lëtzeburger Journal S.A.
Publisher Imprimerie Centrale
Editor-in-chief Claude Kargar
Associate editor Nic Dicken
Founded 5 April 1948
Political alignment Centrist (DP)
Language German
Headquarters 51, rue de Strasbourg, Luxembourg City
Circulation 5,150 (2004)
Official website www.journal.lu

The Lëtzebuerger Journal is a daily newspaper in Luxembourg. It holds a centrist liberal editorial position, supporting the Democratic Party.

The newspaper was first published on 5 April 1948, replacing the Obermosel-Zeitung and l'Unio'n, which ceased publication on the previous Saturday.[1] Both of those newspapers were attempts to create a mass-circulation liberal newspaper, like the Luxemburger Zeitung of the pre-war era, which had a long tradition, but had been discredited politically.[1]

In 2004, the newspaper had a circulation of 5,150 copies per day, which made it the fifth most widely-circulated of the country's (then) six daily newspapers.[2] However, due to its close ties to the Democratic Party, Luxembourg's third largest party and a regular coalition partner in government, the Journal's significance is much greater than this circulation would suggest.[1]

The newspaper received €540,421 in annual state press subsidy in 2009.[3]

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