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L'Echo

French-language Belgian business newspaper

Summary

French-language Belgian business newspaper

Field	Value
name	L'Echo
image	L'Echo logo.svg
type	Daily newspaper
format	Berliner format
owners	Mediafin
founded
language	French
headquarters	Avenue du Port 86C, Box 309,
1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
circulation	18,736 (second half of 2012)
sister_newspapers	De Tijd
website

1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

L'Echo () is a Belgian daily newspaper that mainly focuses on business and economics. It is published by Mediafin and mainly distributed in Wallonia and Brussels. It is the French-language counterpart of the Flemish daily De Tijd, which is its sister paper.

History and profile

L'Echo originated as L'Écho de la bourse de Bruxelles () which was first published on 22 May 1881. It was renamed L'Écho de la Bourse () in 1889 and retained the name until 1990 when the paper adopted its current title. It is owned by Mediafin which is also the owner of the Flemish business daily De Tijd. Both papers offer financial and economic news.

L'Echo is headquartered in Brussels.

Circulation

L'Echo sold 260,000 copies in 1990. The paper had a circulation of 28,765 copies and a market share of 4.5% in 2002. The paper had a 18,736 copies in the second half of 2012.

References

(May 2014). "Media Landscape Media Claims". European Social Survey.
(10 February 2014). "L'Echo and de Tijd named media of the year". Adnative.
(29 March 2012). "New sizes for L'Echo and De Tijd". Adnative.
(1995). "The Printed Press and Television in the Regions of Europe". Council of Europe.
David Ward. (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries". Dutch Media Authority.

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