Le Vif/L'Express

Le Vif/L'Express is a French language weekly news magazine published in Brussels, Belgium. It has been in circulation since 1963.

Le Vif/L'Express
Editor-in-chiefThierry Fiorilli
CategoriesNews magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation76,000 (March 2014)
PublisherRoularta Printing
Founded1983 (1983)
CompanyRoularta Media Group
CountryBelgium
Based inBrussels
LanguageFrench
WebsiteLe Vif/L'Express

History and profile

The magazine was established under the name of Le Vif in 1983.[1][2] Its name was changed to Le Vif/L'Express when an agreement was made with the French magazine L'Express.[1] Both magazines have had a cooperation since then[3] and are both owned by Roularta Media Group.[4][5]

Le Vif/L'Express has its headquarters in Brussels.[2][5] As of 2010 Thierry Fiorilli was the editor-in-chief of the magazine,[2] which is published weekly on Fridays[5][6] and offers news on politics, economics, investigations, society and culture in relation to both Belgium and international events.[4] It also covers news on literature and sports.[6] During the period of 2011-2012 55.3% of its readers were men.[7]

Le Vif/L'Express magazine is the equivalent of Flemish weekly news magazine Knack, which is also owned by the Roularta Media Group.[5][2] Both magazines are published by Roularta Printing, a subsidiary of the Roularta Media Group.[8]

Le Vif/L'Express adopts a neutral political stance.[5] The weekly has several supplements: Focus Vif, a culture publication, Le Vif Weekend, a lifestyle magazine[4][9] and Vacature Emploi.[10] In 2010 Le Vif/L'Express began to offer T'chin, a health supplement, together with its sister magazine Knack.[11]

Circulation

Le Vif/L'Express sold 82,362 copies in 1998 and 85,772 copies in 1998.[12] The magazine had a circulation of 97,000 copies in the period of 2006-2007.[13] Next year the magazine sold 97,605 copies.[2]

The circulation of the magazine was 72,040 copies in 2010 and 68,781 copies in 2011.[14] It was 65,274 copies in 2012[14] and 65,689 copies in 2013.[15] In March 2014 its circulation grew to 76,000 copies.[4]

See also

References
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  2. "Communicating Europe Manual: Belgium" (PDF). European Stability Initiative. July 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  3. "Le Vif/L'Express". VoxEurop. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. "Products". Roularta Media. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  5. "Le Vif/L'Express". Euro Topics. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  6. "Le Vif L'Express". K. Media. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  7. "Magazines membres". The Ppress. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  8. "Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Roularta Media Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  9. "Media Partners". K. Media. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  10. "News". Affinity-Primemedia. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  11. "T'chin a new health supplement to Le Vif and Knack magazines". Publicitas. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  12. "Annual Report" (PDF). Roularta Media Group. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  13. Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market & Media Fact" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  14. "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  15. "Flemish language weekly magazines" (PDF). Corelio Connect. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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