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24 heures (Switzerland)

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24 heures
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)TX Group
Founder(s)David Duret
Founded1762
LanguageFrench
HeadquartersLausanne, Vaud
CountrySwitzerland
Circulation55,147 (as of 2017)
Sister newspapersTribune de Genève
ISSN1661-2256
OCLC number611051843
Websitewww.24heures.ch Edit this at Wikidata

24 heures (lit. '24 Hours') is a Swiss regional Swiss-French-language daily newspaper, published by Tamedia in Lausanne, Vaud. Founded in 1762 as a collection of announcements and official communications, it is the oldest newspaper in the world with uninterrupted publication.

History

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Feuille d'Avis de Lausanne, 12 January 1900

24 heures was founded in 1762 by David Duret (1733–1803) as the Annonces et avis divers, a weekly collection of announcements and classified ads like many at the time.[1][2] It was then made a biweekly paper in 1851, and a triweekly the next year.[2] In 1872, it became a daily, with editor Jean-Ulrich-Martin Allenspach.[2] The paper later became the Feuille d'avis de Lausanne towards the end of the century, and integrated an independent news section on 16 December 1872.[2][3] It became a public limited company in 1906.[2] Marc Lamunière entrusted the modernization of the paper to Marcel Pasche, a creative director, in 1952.[2] The paper adopted its current name in 1972.[4][5]

It was bought by Edipresse in 2002, before being bought by Tamedia in 2009.[2] It covers regional news, but also international and national news.[2] The newspaper shares some of its content with the Tribune de Genève, Tamedia's local newspaper for the Canton of Geneva.[6]

At the start of the 20th century its circulation was about 26,000.[2] The 2006 circulation of 24 heures was 95,315 copies.[7] Between 2007 and 2011, circulation dropped from 89,102 to 78,964.[2] As of 2017, the newspaper had a circulation of 55,147.[8] it is the oldest newspaper in the world with uninterrupted publication.[3]

Organization

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Since 25 February 2005, the newspaper has had four local editions, with sections for the specific area of the canton:[9]

The Nord Vaudois-Broye and Riviera-Chablais editions replaced the newspapers La Presse Riviera-Chablais and La Presse Nord Vaudois.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Polla, Louis: David, Duret in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2001-05-11.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Netz, Robert: Vingt-quatre Heures in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2015-01-03.
  3. ^ a b Piñeiro, Olalla (30 December 2017). "24 heures, un journal en perpétuelle mutation". 24 heures (in Swiss French). p. 20.
  4. ^ "Scriptorium – Anciens journaux vaudois". Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne (in French). 2013. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Archives de la presse romande" (in French). Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire – Lausanne. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. ^ Heiniger, Alix: Tribune de Genève in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2012-11-05.
  7. ^ "Swiss newspaper market in flux" (PDF). Swiss Review. 5: 9. October 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Données médias". Tamedia (in French). 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Quotidiens" (PDF). RERO (Library Network of Western Switzerland). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  10. ^ "La Presse Riviera/Chablais et La Presse Nord vaudois c'est fini". Radio Télévision Suisse (in French). 25 February 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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