La Côte (newspaper)
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| Founder(s) | Jean-Pierre Manz |
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| Publisher | ESH Médias |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Language | French |
| Headquarters | Nyon, Canton of Vaud |
| Country | Switzerland |
| ISSN | 2234-9758 |
| OCLC number | 1404682581 |
| Website | www |
La Côte (French pronunciation: [la kot]; formerly the Le Quotidien de La Côte) is a Swiss French-language regional daily newspaper that publishes out of Nyon in the Canton of Vaud. It was founded in 1987 by Jean-Pierre Manz. It is published by ESH Médias.
History
[edit]It publishes out of Nyon in the Canton of Vaud.[1] It was founded in 1987 as the Le Quotidien de La Côte by printer Jean-Pierre Manz.[2][3] The paper was created out of the merger of several small biweekly and triweekly papers in the Geneva Lake region.[2][4] It was initially published by Cherix et Filianosa SA.[5][6] In 1993 it had a circulation of about 14,000, and a merger with the larger paper the L'Est Vaudois was suggested.[6] Its first editor-in-chief was Pierre Thomas, who left the next year.[4]
In 1996, it was renamed just La Côte and received a redesign.[3] These changes were done to compete with newly established publications in the region, including free papers. That year, it had a print run of 13,000,[2] mostly making money off of subscriptions as less than 15% of sales were from unit. It then had an increase in advertising revenue despite a national decrease.[3]
In 2001 it was bought out by the French businessman Philippe Hersant, who proceeded to buy several other regional papers.[1] As of 2022 it is published by ESH Médias.[7][8]
Content
[edit]It adopted digital first production in 2018, with the production of the print edition following the finalization of the digital one. In its journalism stories are assigned to specific pages, which imposes stricter story length limits, in contrast with other Swiss papers.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jost, Cyril (4 February 2011). "The challenges confronting the Swiss press". Ina Global. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ a b c C., C. (7 May 1996). ""La Côte" joue à quitte ou double avec un concept neuf" ["La Côte" plays double or nothing with a new concept]. La Liberté (in Swiss French). No. 180. Fribourg. p. 11. Retrieved 25 November 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ a b c E, Ro (7 May 1996). "Pour mieux coller à sa région, "Le Quotidien de la Côte" s'offre un coup de jeune" [To better fit its region, "Le Quotidien de la Côte" is getting a facelift]. Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne (in Swiss French). No. 106. p. 14. Retrieved 25 November 2024 – via Le Temps Archives.
- ^ a b ""Quotidien de La Côte": Le rédacteur en chef s'en va" ["Quotidien de La Côte": The editor-in-chief leaves]. Gazette de Lausanne (in Swiss French). No. 103. ARC. 4 May 1988. p. 15. Retrieved 25 November 2024 – via Le Temps Archives.
- ^ Schurch, Madeleine (27 November 1992). "Tensions sociales chez l'éditeur Filanosa" [Social tensions at the publisher Filanosa]. Le Nouveau Quotidien (in Swiss French). No. 337. p. 21. Retrieved 25 November 2024 – via Le Temps Archives.
- ^ a b Debraine, Luc (2 June 1993). "Rapprochement entre "L'Est Vaudois" et "Le Quotidien de La Cote"" [Rapprochement between "L'Est Vaudois" and "Le Quotidien de La Côte"]. Le Nouveau Quotidien (in Swiss French). No. 519. p. 17. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Iaz, Chams (4 January 2022). "ESH Médias rompt son contrat avec le Groupe Saint-Paul, un coup dur pour "La Liberté"" [ESH Médias terminates its contract with Groupe Saint-Paul, a blow for "La Liberté"]. Le Temps (in Swiss French). ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ a b Robotham, Andrew T.; Pignard-Cheynel, Nathalie (8 August 2024). "You Said Digital First! A Five-Dimensional Definition According to Journalists from Three Swiss Newspapers". Journalism Practice. 18 (7): 1702–1721. doi:10.1080/17512786.2022.2104745. ISSN 1751-2786.
