L'Echo

L'Echo is a Belgian business newspaper, published by Mediafin

L'Echo
and mainly distributed in Wallonia and Brussels. It is the French
counterpart of the Flemish daily De Tijd which is its sister paper.

History and profile

L'Echo originated as L'Écho de la bourse de Bruxelles (lit. 'The
Brussels Stock Exchange Echo') which was first published on 22
May 1881.[1] It was renamed L'Écho de la Bourse (lit. 'The Stock
Exchange Echo') in 1889 and retained the name until 1990 when
the paper adopted its current title. It is owned by Mediafin which is
also the owner of the Flemish business daily De Tijd.[2] Both
papers offer financial and economic news.[3] Type Daily business
newspaper
L'Echo is headquartered in Brussels.[1] In March 2012 it began to
be published in Berliner format.[3] Format Berliner format
Owner(s) Mediafin
Circulation Founded 22 May 1881
Language French
L'Echo sold 260,000 copies in 1990.[4] The paper had a circulation
of 28,765 copies and a market share of 4.5% in 2002.[5] The paper Headquarters Brussels
had a 18,736 copies in the second half of 2012.[1] Circulation 18,736 (second
half of 2012)
References Sister De Tijd
newspapers
1. "Media Landscape Media Claims" (https://web.archive.o
rg/web/20140816014141/http://www.europeansocialsurv Website L'Echo (http://ww
ey.org/docs/round6/methods/ESS6_media_landscape_ w.lecho.be/)
media_claims_ed_02_0.pdf) (PDF). European Social
Survey. May 2014. Archived from the original (http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/rou
nd6/methods/ESS6_media_landscape_media_claims_ed_02_0.pdf) (PDF) on 16 August
2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
2. "L'Echo and de Tijd named media of the year" (https://web.archive.org/web/2017040604015
6/http://www.adnative.net/home/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=109290&title=belg
ium-lecho-and-de-tijd-named-media-of-the-year#.VNPe52SsXRA). Adnative. 10 February
2014. Archived from the original (http://www.adnative.net/home/media-news-events/news-det
ail/?newsid=109290&title=belgium-lecho-and-de-tijd-named-media-of-the-year#.VNPe52Ss
XRA) on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
3. "New sizes for L'Echo and De Tijd" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150205235754/http://ww
w.adnative.net/global/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=76186&title=belgium-new-si
zes-for-lecho-and-de-tijd#.VNPc02SsXRB). Adnative. 29 March 2012. Archived from the
original (http://www.adnative.net/global/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=76186&titl
 e=belgium-new-sizes-for-lecho-and-de-tijd#.VNPc02SsXRB) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved
5 February 2015.
4. Pierre Musso; Philippe Souêtre; Lionel Levasseur (1995). The Printed Press and Television
in the Regions of Europe (https://books.google.com/books?id=xXueScfbDrgC&pg=PA134).
Council of Europe. p. 133. ISBN 978-92-871-2807-2. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
5. David Ward (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten
European Countries" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140812203318/http://77.87.161.246/wp
-content/uploads/2013/08/A-Mapping-Study-of-Media-Concentration-and-Ownership-in-Ten-
European-Countries.pdf) (PDF). Dutch Media Authority. Archived from the original (http://77.8
7.161.246/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/A-Mapping-Study-of-Media-Concentration-and-Own
ership-in-Ten-European-Countries.pdf) (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

External links
Official web site (http://www.lecho.be/) (in French)

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