La Meuse (newspaper)

La Meuse
TypeRegional newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Rossel Group
PublisherRossel et Cie S.A.
Founded1856; 169 years ago (1856)
LanguageFrench
HeadquartersLiège
CountryBelgium
Sister newspapers
Websitewww.lameuse.be

La Meuse is a French language regional newspaper published in Liège, Belgium, since 1856.

History and profile

La Meuse was launched in 1856.[1][2] The paper has its headquarters in Liège[3] and is owned by the Rossel group which also owns Le Soir and La Lanterne, among others.[4][5] La Meuse is published by Rossel et Cie S.A.[6] in tabloid format.[4] As of 2014 its editor-in-chief was Olympe Gilbart.[7]

In the nineteenth century La Meuse had a progressive liberal political stance.[8] The paper provides business-oriented news.[2]

The paper together with La Lanterne had a circulation of 102,539 copies in 1990 and 97,869 copies in 1991.[9]

References

  1. ^ Luc Gochel (7 December 2017). "Consulter La Meuse depuis 1856 est à nouveau possible". Le Meuse (in French). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Peter Scholliers (2020). "La controverse culinaire: la réception de la «calorie» en Belgique, 1890-1913". Les Enjeux de l'Information et de la Communication (in French). 20 (3): 2. doi:10.3917/enic.hs9.0013. S2CID 246894892.
  3. ^ Europa World Year. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2004. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
  4. ^ a b Mary Kelly; Gianpietro Mazzoleni; Denis McQuail, eds. (2004). The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook. London: SAGE Publications. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-7619-4131-6.
  5. ^ Georgios Terzis, ed. (2007). European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions. Bristol; Chicago: Intellect Books. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-84150-192-5.
  6. ^ "La Meuse". Publicitas. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Exhibition of works sold by the Germans at the Lucerne auction in 1939 opens in Liege". Art Daily. Liege. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  8. ^ Julien Dohet; Jean Faniel (2009). "Euromayday in Belgium: An Imitation or a Reinvention". In Didier Chabanet; Frédéric Royall (eds.). Mobilising against Marginalisation in Europe. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-4438-1799-8.
  9. ^ Pierre Musso; Philippe Souêtre; Lionel Levasseur (1995). The Printed Press and Television in the Regions of Europe. Strasbourg: Council of Europe. p. 132. ISBN 978-92-871-2807-2.