Tribune de Genève is the most prominent regional newspaper

Newspaper

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 of the Canton of Geneva

Canton of Geneva

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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Tribune de Genève was founded on 1 February 1879 by James T. Bates

James T. Bates

James T. Bates was an American businessman who founded the daily newspaper Tribune de Genève on 1 February 1879....

. 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...

 daily is 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 Geneva

Geneva

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. The newspaper has a circulation of 67,151 and a readership of 175,000.

The newspaper is commonly nicknamed "La Julie" in Geneva.

Its online edition features some news in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

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The Tribune de Genève shares some of its content with 24 Heures, the regional newspaper of Edipresse for the Canton of Vaud.

External links

• Tribune de Genève
• Tribune de Genève: English Corner
• Statistics about the Tribune de Genève on the web site of Swiss Press.