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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Berliner format |
| Owner | Mediafin |
| Founded | 22 May 1881; 144 years ago (1881-05-22) |
| Language | French |
| Headquarters | Avenue du Port 86C, Box 309, 1000City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Circulation | 18,736 (second half of 2012) |
| Sister newspapers | De Tijd |
| Website | www |
L'Echo (French pronunciation:[leko]) is a Belgian daily newspaper that mainly focuses on business and economics. It is published byMediafin and mainly distributed inWallonia and Brussels. It is the French-language counterpart of theFlemish dailyDe Tijd, which is its sister paper.
L'Echo originated asL'Écho de la bourse de Bruxelles (lit. 'TheBrussels Stock Exchange Echo') which was first published on 22 May 1881.[1] It was renamedL'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 byMediafin which is also the owner of the Flemish business dailyDe Tijd.[2] Both papers offer financial and economic news.[3]
L'Echo is headquartered in Brussels.[1] In March 2012 it began to be published inBerliner format.[3]
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 had a 18,736 copies in the second half of 2012.[1]
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