Le Journal du Dimanche

Le Journal du Dimanche
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Large tabloid
Owner(s) Hachette Filipacchi Médias
Founder(s) Pierre Lazareff
Founded 1948 (1948)
Language French
Headquarters Paris, France
Circulation 257,280 (2010)
Website lejdd.fr

Le Journal du Dimanche (English: Sunday's newspaper) is a French weekly newspaper published on Sundays in France.

History and profile

Le Journal du Dimanche was created by Pierre Lazareff in 1948.[1] He was managing editor of France Soir at that time.[1]

The weekly paper belongs to the Lagardère Group[2] through Hachette Filipacchi Médias.[3] The company is also the publisher of the paper[4] which is based in Paris[3] and which is published on Sundays.[5]

Le Journal du Dimanche was published in broadsheet format until 1999 when it began to be published in the Berliner format.[2] On 6 March 2011 the paper again changed its format and became published in large tabloid format.[2]

In the period of 2001-2002 Le Journal du Dimanche had a circulation of 275,000 copies.[4] Its 2009 circulation was 269,000 copies.[1] Between January and December 2010 the paper had a circulation of 257,280 copies.[2]

Staff

  • Alain Genestar
  • Jean-Claude Maurice between 1999 and December 2005.
  • Jacques Espérandieu (ex-Le Parisien) between December 2005 and May 2008.
  • Christian de Villeneuve between May 2008 and February 2010
  • Olivier Jay between March 2010 and December 2011
  • Jerôme Bellay since January 2012

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Le Journal du Dimanche". Euro Topics. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Newspaper Journal du Dimanche: a new format, a new approach". Publicitas. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Le Journal du Dimanche". Publicitas. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Top 50 Finance/Business/News magazines worldwide (by circulation)" (PDF). Magazine Organization. Archived from the original (Report) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Weekly Magazines: Second in a Series on French Media". Wikileaks. 1 December 2006. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  • Article on the French Wikipedia.
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