' () is a Swiss French-language thrice weekly newspaper that publishes out of

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. It was founded by Simon Castella and Léon Glasson as an organ for the political opposition, and afterwards completely owned by the Glasson family. In 1976, the family sold most of their shares to St. Paul SA, the publisher of rival newspaper '' La Liberté.''

History

was founded in 1882 by, among others, Simon Castella and Léon Glasson. Its first issue was printed 7 October 1882. It was founded in the

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(a conflict between the church and state) period, and originally was founded as a party organ of the radical democratic political opposition. The paper was created in reaction to another paper, , which expressed the ideas of the in-power Conservative Party. After 1903, the Glasson family was the sole owner of the paper. It was initially a weekly, published on Saturdays. It then became a biweekly in December 1888. After 1928, it published three times a week, and prints out of the south of the Fribourg, appearing on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The Glasson's publishing company bought the paper in 1969, and merged it with in 1969, resulting in the circulation of the paper sharply increasing. In 1976, the Glasson family sold most of their shares in the newspaper to the publisher of its rival paper '' La Liberté'', the St. Paul printing company. Editor-in-chief and publisher Gérard Glasson, who a columnist for the paper, resigned in 1978. The paper was redesigned in 1997, then again in 2002 and 2009. In 2006, the paper had a circulation of 14,812, and in 2009 it had a circulation of about 14,500 with 34,000 readers. Subscriptions then made up of 45% of the paper's income, with the rest coming from advertising. In 2009 its team was made up of 15 people. This was in a time of economic crisis for the Swiss press, but was somewhat less affected due to its lesser reliance on national advertising for funds. In 2012, the paper's editor-in-chief was Jérôme Gachet. For the paper's 130th anniversary that year, an issue was distributed that was designed to be as close to the paper's 1882 layout as possible, and in addition a replica of the first 1882 issue for comparison. It is published by Glasson Imprimeurs Editeurs SA out of

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