Bilan
CategoriesBusiness magazine
FrequencyMonthly (until 2005)
Biweekly
PublisherTamedia Publications
First issue1 June 1989; 34 years ago (1989-06-01)
Company
CountrySwitzerland
Based inGeneva
LanguageFrench
WebsiteBilan

Bilan is a French language biweekly business magazine published in Geneva, Switzerland. The magazine has been in circulation since 1989.

History and profile

Bilan was first published in June 1989.[1][2] The publisher of the magazine was Alain Fabarez.[1] It was owned by the Edipresse Group[3] until November 2011.[4] Then it became part of the Tamedia Group.[2][5] The magazine is published biweekly by Tamedia Publications on Wednesdays and has its headquarters in Geneva.[2][6] It came out monthly until 2005 when its frequency was switched to biweekly.[1] Its headquarters was formerly in Lausanne.

Bilan is the French counterpart of the Swiss German business magazine, BILANZ,[1] and features analyses of finance markets and targets managers of small or large enterprises and decision makers.[7] It publishes several listings, including the 300 richest Switzerland, the 100 richest in Europe, the 300 most influential Switzerland, the 50 start-up invest in and the top 30 employers.[7] The biweekly also publishes interviews.[8]

Max Mabillard is one of the former editors-in-chief of Bilan. Stéphane Benoit-Godet served in the post until 1 November 2014 when Myret Zaki was named as the editor-in-chief.[2][9]

Circulation

The circulation of Bilan was 15,000 copies during its initial period.[1] Between July 2004 and June 2005 the magazine sold 18,569 copies.[10] Its circulation was 18,703 copies between July 2005 and June 2006 and 19,047 copies between July 2006 and June 2007.[10] It increased to 19,325 copies for the period between July 2007 and June 2008.[10] In 2011 the magazine sold 13,111 copies[4] and 11,448 copies in 2014.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Thomas Häussler; Peter Meier (2006). "Ringier's expansion to Eastern Europe in the 1990s" (Conference paper). Berne: Institute of Communication and Media Studies. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Bilan". Tamedia AG. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. ^ "A planned merger of French- and German-language media groups". Swiss Info. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Tamedia acquires Bilan and Tribune des Arts". Bloomberg. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  5. ^ Markus Knöpfli (2 May 2014). "Die Bilanz geht in die Welt". Medien Woche (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Bilan". Publicitas. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Bilan celebrates its 25th anniversary". Publicitas. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  8. ^ Kaylen Gastrow (9 April 2013). "Uzbek Princess Not Investigated". Littera Report. Tashkent. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Bilan - Nomination de Myret Zaki, nouvelle rédactrice en chef de Bilan". Publicitas (in French). 4 November 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  10. ^ a b c "New circulation figures from July 2007 to June 2008". Adnative. 1 October 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

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