Le Soir

Le Soir (literally, "The Evening") is a French language daily Belgian newspaper. Founded in 1887 by Emile Rossel, it was intended as an politically-independent and traditionally Liberal source of news. It is one of the most popular Francophone newspapers in Belgium, competing with La Libre Belgique, and since 2005 has appeared in Berliner format. It is owned by Rossel & Cie, which also owns several Belgian news outlets and the French paper La Voix du Nord.

History and profile

Le Soir was founded as a free advertising newspaper in 1887. Later it became a paying paper.

When Belgium was occupied during the Second World War, Le Soir continued to be published under German censorship, unlike many Belgian newspapers which went underground. The paper, which became known as "Le Soir Volé" (or "Stolen Le Soir"), was parodied by the resistance group, the Front de l'Indépendance which in 1943 published a satirical pro-Allied edition of the paper, dubbed the "Faux Soir" (or "Fake Soir"), which was mixed with official copies of the paper and distributed to news kiosks in Brussels. The "Stolen Le Soir" was notable for including Hergé's Adventures of Tintin cartoons in serialized form during the war.

Le Soir d'Algérie

Le Soir d'Algérie (meaning Algerian Evening in English; ISSN 1111-0074) is a French-language evening newspaper based in Algiers, Algeria.

History and profile

Le Soir d'Algérie was established in 1990. Its circulation reached 150,000 copies following the first seven months. The paper is privately owned and is headquartered in Algiers. In the 1990s and at the beginning of the 2000s the paper had an independent political stance.

In August 2003 Le Soir d'Algérie temporarily ceased publication due to its debt to state-run printing presses. Fouad Boughanim served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.

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Le Soir (magazine)

Le Soir is a French language weekly news magazine published in Brussels, Belgium. Founded 1928 it is one of the oldest magazines in the country.

History and profile

Le Soir was established in 1928. The magazine is owned and published by Rossel et Cie SA on a weekly basis. Its headquarters is in Brussels. Marc Pasteger is the editor-in-chief of the magazine.

The weekly provides the political, economic, social and cultural news. The magazine also features articles about celebrity news and offers a TV guide.

Between February 2007 and June 2007 Le Soir had a circulation of 56,492 copies. The circulation of the weekly was 54.047 copies in 2010 and 56.611 copies in 2011. It was 56.044 copies in 2012. In 2013 the magazine had a circulation of 55,888 copies.

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