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''L'Illustré'' () is a weekly consumer magazine published in
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, Switzerland. It is one of the earliest magazines published in the country and has been in circulation since 1921.


History and profile

''L'Illustré'' was first published in
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on 10 September 1921. The magazine was printed and published in
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. During its initial phase, it covered French translations of the articles published in the Swiss German magazine ''SIZ''. Over time it had its own editorial profile, leaving its German focus. ''L'Illustré'' is part of the
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and is based in
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. The magazine was published on a weekly basis by L'illustré publishing. As of 2012 Michel Jeanneret was the
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. In December 2014 Ringier AG and
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reported that they would establish a new joint venture under the name of Ringier Axel Springer Medien Schweiz and that ''L'Illustré'' would be part of this company among the other publications. The partnership of the companies ended in late 2020, and Ringier took over Axel Springer's stake. Following the transaction the Ringier Médias Suisse () became the publisher of ''L'Illustré''. ''L'Illustré'' is a popular magazine, and covers both
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portraits and ideas for the families. In the 1970s it included a section on radio and television programs which led to increase in its circulation figures. In April 2010, for its 90th anniversary, the magazine was given a special edition. The same was done for its 100 year anniversary in 2021. It also launched a three week exhibition. The weekly TV magazine '' TV8'' was merged into ''L'Illustré'' in April 2023. The editor-in-chief of ''L'Illustré'' was between 2020 and January 2023. He was succeeded by Laurence Desbordes in the post.


Circulation

Between July 2004 and June 2005 ''L'Illustré'' sold 108,798 copies. The circulation of the magazine was 106,144 copies between July 2005 and June 2006 and 104,279 copies between July 2006 and June 2007. Its circulation became 99,547 copies between July 2007 and June 2008. ''L'Illustré'' sold 76,697 copies in 2014, and its readership was 338,000 in the second half of 2014.


See also

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List of magazines in Switzerland A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...


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Further reading

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External links

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