Le Matin is a daily newspaper

Newspaper

A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 published by Edipresse

Edipresse

Edipresse is an international media and communications company headquartered in Switzerland. Edipresse’s main activities include newspapers and magazine publishing and digital media....

 in Lausanne

Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. The French language

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 tabloid has a circulation of 69,350 and a readership of 331,000.

The Sunday edition Le Matin dimanche has a circulation of 207,945.

Since 31 October 2005, Edipresse also edits Le Matin Bleu

Le Matin Bleu

Le Matin Bleu was a free daily newspaper published by Edipresse in Lausanne, Switzerland. The French language tabloid was first published on 31 October 2005, and had a circulation of about 100,000. It was distributed in the most populated areas of Romandy...

, a free daily newspaper

Free daily newspaper

Free daily newspapers are distributed free of charge, either in central places in cities and towns, or with other newspapers. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising.-In the U.S.:...

 distributed in the most populated areas of Romandy. However, despite the similar names between the new newspapers, they are edited independently.