Lëtzebuerger Journal

Infobox Newspaper
name = Lëtzebuerger Journal


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type = Daily newspaper
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foundation = 5 April 1948
ceased publication =
price = €0.70
owners = Editions Lëtzeburger Journal S.A.
publisher = Imprimerie Centrale
editor =
chiefeditor = Claude Kargar
assoceditor = Nic Dicken
staff =
language = German
political = Centrist (DP)
circulation = 5,150 (2004)
headquarters = flagicon|Luxembourg 51, rue de Strasbourg, Luxembourg City
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ISSN =
website = [http://www.journal.lu www.journal.lu] The "Lëtzebuerger Journal" is a daily newspaper in Luxembourg. It holds a centrist liberal editorial position, supporting the Democratic Party.

The newspaper was first published on 5 April 1948, replacing the "Obermosel-Zeitung" and "l'Unio'n", which ceased publication on the previous Saturday.cite web |url=http://www.gouvernement.lu/publications/download/zeitungen_FR_2004.pdf |title=Les journaux au Luxembourg |accessdate=2008-04-15 |first=Romain |last=Hilgert |date=December 2004 |publisher=Service Information et Presse ] Both of those newspapers were attempts to create a mass-circulation liberal newspaper, like the "Luxemburger Zeitung" of the pre-war era, which had a long tradition, but had been discredited politically.

In 2004, the newspaper had a circulation of 5,150 copies per day, which made it the fifth most widely-circulated of the country's (then) six daily newspapers. [cite web |url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52007SC0032:EN:HTML |title=Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union |accessdate=2007-08-06 |date=17 January 2007 |publisher=European Commission ] However, due to its close ties to the Democratic Party, Luxembourg's third largest party and a regular coalition partner in government, the "Journal's" significance is much greater than this circulation would suggest.

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