''L'Orient-Le Jour'' () is a leading
French-language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...
daily
newspaper in
Lebanon.
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
Georges Naccache (Arabic: جورج نقاش, born 1904 - 1972) was a Lebanese journalist, poet, politician and diplomat, and the founder of the ''L'Orient'' newspaper'','' which later became ''L'Orient-Le Jour''.
Biography
He was born on May 8 ...
) and ''Le Jour'' (founded in 1934 by
Michel Chiha
Michel Chiha (1891–1954) was a Lebanese banker, a politician, writer and journalist. Along with Charles Corm, Petro Trad and Omar Daouk, he is considered one of the fathers of the Lebanese Constitution. His ideas and actions have had an importan ...
).
Between 1970 and 1975 one of the contributors was
Samir Frangieh. During the
Lebanese Civil War the paper was closed down by the occupying Syrian Army for a brief period in 1976 but the paper resumed publication after. The editor-in-chief of ''L'Orient-Le Jour'', Eduard Saab, was murdered on 16 May 1976.
The paper covers politics, local and international news, finance and economics, culture, entertainment as well as sports. According to the Arab Press Network, an offshoot of the
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization made up of 76 national newspaper associations, 12 news agencies, 10 regional press organisations, and many individual newspaper ex ...
(WAN-IFRA), it is the only extant Francophone newspaper in Lebanon and is "partisan to a liberal, Christian leaning line."
"L'Orient le Jour"
, Arab Press Network. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
The paper is published by Société de presse et d'éditions SAL, that also published the business magazine ''Le Commerce du Levant
''Le Commerce du Levant'' was a monthly economic magazine published in French language in Beirut, Lebanon, covering various aspect including economy, commerce, industry, tourism, banking and finance. It was in circulation between 1929 and 2021. ...
''.
Ownership
The main shareholders of ''L'Orient-Le Jour'' are former minister Michel Eddé
Michel Eddé (16 February 1928 - 3 November 2019) was a Lebanese Maronite lawyer, philanthropist, and politician.
Throughout his life, Eddé was a defender of the confessional plurality of Lebanon and of the political and cultural coexistence o ...
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.[
]
See also
*French language in Lebanon
French is the second language of Lebanon, with about 45% of the population being Francophone. A law determines the cases in which the French language is to be used within government, and is often used as a prestige language for business, diploma ...
References
External links
*
Official site
L'Orient Today
English version
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1971 establishments in Lebanon
French-language newspapers published in Lebanon
Newspapers published in Beirut
Newspapers established in 1971
Daily newspapers published in Lebanon