Type | Daily newspaper |
---|---|
Owner(s) | Edipresse |
Founder(s) | David Duret |
Founded | 1762 |
Language | Swiss French |
Headquarters | Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland |
Circulation | 55,147 [1] (as of 2017) |
Sister newspapers | Tribune de Genève |
OCLC number | 611051843 |
Website | 24heures.ch (in Swiss French) |
24 heures (literally "24 Hours") is a Swiss regional Swiss-French-language daily newspaper, published by Tamedia in Lausanne, Vaud. Founded in 1762 as a collection of announcements and official communications, it is the oldest newspaper in the world with uninterrupted publication. [2]
24 heures was founded in 1762 by David Duret (1733–1803) as the Annonces et avis divers, [3] a collection of announcements and classified ads like many at the time. The paper later became the Feuille d'avis de Lausanne, and integrated an independent news section on 16 December 1872. [2] The paper adopted its current name a century later, in 1972. [4] [5]
Since 25 February 2005, the newspaper has had four local editions, with sections for the specific area of the canton: [6]
The Nord Vaudois-Broye and Riviera-Chablais editions replaced the newspapers La Presse Riviera-Chablais and La Presse Nord Vaudois. [7]
The newspaper shares some of its content with the Tribune de Genève, Tamedia's local newspaper for the Canton of Geneva.
The 2006 circulation of 24 heures was 95,315 copies. [8] As of 2017, the newspaper had a circulation of 55,147. [1]