L'Orient-Le Jour

L'Orient-Le Jour meaning The Orient-The Day is a leading French-language daily newspaper in Lebanon.

L'Orient Le Jour
L'Orient-Le Jour, Beirut, January 30, 2017
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)SAL
Founded15 June 1971 (1971-06-15)
Political alignmentLiberalism
Phoenicianism
LanguageFrench
HeadquartersBeirut
WebsiteL'Orient Le Jour
L'Orient as an independent title prior to merger as L'Orient- Le Jour
Le Jour as an independent title prior to merger as L'Orient- Le Jour

History

L'Orient-Le Jour was first published on 15 June 1971, following the merger of two French language Lebanese dailies, L'Orient (founded in Beirut in 1924 by Gabriel Khabbaz and Georges Naccache) and Le Jour (founded in 1934 by Michel Chiha).[1]

During the Lebanese Civil War the paper was closed down by the occupying Syrian Army for a brief period in 1976[2] but the paper resumed publication after.

The paper covers politics, local and international news, finance and economics, culture, entertainment as well as sports.[3] According to the Arab Press Network, an offshoot of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), it is the only extant Francophone newspaper in Lebanon and is "partisan to a liberal, Christian leaning line."[4] It is further claimed by the journalism network of the European Union that the paper is the most liberal daily published in the Arab world.[5]

The paper is published by Société de presse et d'éditions SAL, that also published the business magazine Le Commerce du Levant.

See also

References
  1. (in French) L'Orient-Le Jour About Us, Lorient Le Jour
  2. "Syria/Lebanon: Summary", Human Rights Watch
  3. "Clients". KnowledgeView. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  4. "L'Orient le Jour" Archived 10 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Arab Press Network. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  5. "Country Profiles - Lebanon". Journalism Network. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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