Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Format | Large tabloid |
Owner(s) | Hachette Filipacchi Médias |
Founder(s) | Pierre Lazareff |
Founded | 1948 |
Political alignment | Right-wing politics |
Language | French |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Circulation | 257,280 (2010) |
Website | lejdd.fr |
Le Journal du Dimanche (English: Sunday's newspaper) is a French weekly newspaper published on Sundays in France.
Le Journal du Dimanche was created by Pierre Lazareff in 1948. He was managing editor of France Soir at that time.
The weekly paper belongs to the Lagardère Group through Hachette Filipacchi Médias. The company is also the publisher of the paper which is based in Paris and which is published on Sundays.
Le Journal du Dimanche was published in broadsheet format until 1999 when it began to be published in the Berliner format. On 6 March 2011 the paper again changed its format and became published in large tabloid format.
In the period of 2001-2002 Le Journal du Dimanche had a circulation of 275,000 copies. Its 2009 circulation was 269,000 copies. Between January and December 2010 the paper had a circulation of 257,280 copies.