Le Vif/L’Express

Le Vif/L’Express
Editor-in-chief Christine Laurent
Categories News magazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 76,000 (March 2014)
Publisher Roularta Printing
Year founded 1983
Company Roularta Media Group
Country Belgium
Based in Brussels
Language French
Website Le Vif/L’Express

Le Vif/L’Express is a French language weekly news magazine published in Brussels, Belgium.

History and profile

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] In addition, 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] Christine Laurent is 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]

Le Vif/L’Express magazine is 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.[7]

The political stance of Le Vif/L’Express is neutral.[5] The weekly has several supplements: Focus Vif, a culture publication, Le Vif Weekend, a lifestyle magazine[4][8] and Vacature Emploi.[9] In 2010 Le Vif/L’Express began to offer T'chin, a health supplement, together with its sister magazine Knack.[10]

Circulation

The circulation of Le Vif/L’Express was 82,362 copies in 1998 and 85,772 copies in 1998.[11] The magazine had a circulation of 97,000 copies in the period of 2006-2007.[12] Next year its circulation was 97,605 copies.[2]

The circulation of the magazine was 72,040 copies in 2010 and 68,781 copies in 2011.[13] It was 65,274 copies in 2012[13] and 65,689 copies in 2013.[14] In March 2014 its circulation grew to 76,000 copies.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "History". Roularta Media. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Communicating Europe Manual: Belgium" (PDF). European Stability Initiative. July 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Le Vif/L’Express". VoxEurop. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Products". Roularta Media. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Le Vif/L'Express". Euro Topics. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Le Vif L'Express". K. Media. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Roularta Media Group. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Media Partners". K. Media. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "News". Affinity-Primemedia. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "T'chin a new health supplement to Le Vif and Knack magazines". Publicitas. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Annual Report" (PDF). Roularta Media Group. 1999. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Anne Austin et. al. (2008). "Western Europe Market & Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Flemish language weekly magazines" (PDF). Corelio Connect. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

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