| Newspaper Name: |
Le Progrès |
| Name on english: |
The Progress |
| Owner: |
Groupe EBRA |
| Publisher: |
L'est Républicain |
| Country / Region: |
France (Lyon) |
| Language: |
French |
| Format type: |
Newspaper |
| Category: |
General |
| Political alignment: |
None |
| Frequency: |
Daily |
| Publication Years (print version): |
1859 — now (164 years) |
| ISSN: |
2102-6807 |
| Circulation: |
172 000 (2015) |
| Website: |
leprogres.fr [read with translation] |
|
«Le Progrès — is a regional French newspaper that is published in Lyon and distributed in the so-called «Lyon Metropolis» in the south-east of France, and also covers such departments as: Ain, Nord-Isere, Loire, Haute-Loire, Rhone and Jura. Translated into English, the newspaper's name means «Progress». regional editions «Le Progrès»: Bourg – Bresse – Val-de-Saône-Nord, Dole et Nord Jura, Dombes – Côtière de l'Ain, Est Lyonnais, Forez, Gier et du Pilat, Les Plus belles îles autour de Paris, Lons, Champagnole et du Haut Jura, Lyon – Villeurbanne – Caluire, Ouest Lyonnais et Val de Saône, Oullins – Givors – Monts du Lyonnais, Oyonnax – Léman – Bugey – Bas-Bugey, Roannais, Saint-Étienne, Soir Ain, Soir Jura, Soir Loire – Haute-Loire, Soir Rhône, Tarare – L'Arbresle – Monts du Lyonnais, Villefranche et Beaujolais, l'Ondaine, la Haute-Loire.
Le Progrès was first published on December 12, 1859 as the «independent newspaper of the Republican opposition», during the Third Republic it supported the party of Radical Socialists and its leader, Eduardo Herriot, and was the main competitor of Le Nouvelliste (another popular Lyon newspaper). During the Second World War, the newspaper was not published and returned to print on September 8, 1944. Shortly after returning to the French press market, it merged with another newspaper, L'Echo-Liberté (L'Echo du Sud-Est). This increased the circulation of the newspaper almost 2 times, if in the 1940s it was 150 thousand copies, then in the 1950s-already 391 thousand. In 1966, the editorial offices of Le Progrès and «
Le Dauphiné libéré» signed a merger agreement; until 2004, they were published by a common editorial board, but with different content. Then they changed the owner several times, today the publications are owned by Groupe EBRA.
