L'Orient-Le Jour

L'Orient-Le Jour (English: 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)Former minister Michel Eddé and his grandchildren (38%), the Choueiri group (22.7%) and the family of the former minister Michel Pharaon (15.49%). Libano-Suisse Insurance Consulting has 0.2 percent. (and others)
Founded15 June 1971 (1971-06-15)
Political alignmentLiberalism
LanguageFrench
HeadquartersBeirut
Websitewww.lorientlejour.com/index.php

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]

Between 1970 and 1975 one of the contributors was Samir Frangieh.[2] During the Lebanese Civil War the paper was closed down by the occupying Syrian Army for a brief period in 1976[3] but the paper resumed publication after. The editor-in-chief of L'Orient-Le Jour, Eduard Saab, was murdered on 16 May 1976.[4]

The paper covers politics, local and international news, finance and economics, culture, entertainment as well as sports.[5] 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."[6]

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

  • L'Orient as an independent title prior to merger as L'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
    Le Jour as an independent title prior to merger as L'Orient- Le Jour

Ownership

The main shareholders of L'Orient-Le Jour are former minister Michel Eddé and his grandchildren (38 percent), the Choueiri group (22.7 percent) and the family of the former minister Michel Pharaon (15.49 percent). The latter's shares are distributed as follows: Pharaon directly holds 2.6 percent of the shares, his sister, Nayla De Freige, holds 1.7 percent, the Pharaon Holding SAL has 11 percent and Libano-Suisse Insurance Consulting has 0.2 percent.[7] Not all shareholders have been made publicly available, which represent 23.8% of the ownership.[7]

See also

References
  1. (in French) L'Orient-Le Jour About Us, Lorient Le Jour
  2. Who's Who in Lebanon (19th ed.). Beirut: Publitec Publications. 2007. p. 132. doi:10.1515/9783110945904.476. ISBN 978-3-598-07734-0.
  3. "Syria/Lebanon: Summary", Human Rights Watch
  4. "Chronology April 16, 1976-August 15, 1976". The Middle East Journal. 30 (4): 529. Autumn 1976. JSTOR 4325541.
  5. "Clients". KnowledgeView. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  6. "L'Orient le Jour" Archived 10 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Arab Press Network. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  7. "L'Orient-Le Jour". lebanon.mom-rsf.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

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