La Broye Hebdo

La Broye Hebdo
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founders
  • Jean-Daniel Fattebert
  • Vincent Bandaret
PublisherSt-Paul Médias SA
Founded22 December 1999 (1999-12-22)
LanguageFrench
CityPayerne
CountrySwitzerland
ISSN1660-4199
OCLC number717911469
Websitewww.labroye.ch

La Broye Hebdo (lit. 'The Broye Weekly', also simply La Broye) is a Swiss French-language weekly regional newspaper published for the Broye region. It was established in 1999 as a magazine insert for several Broye newspapers, but soon became a biweekly newspaper, and later a weekly newspaper. It is published in Payerne by St-Paul Médias SA.

History

La Broye Hebdo's first issue was released 22 December 1999, co-founded by Jean-Daniel Fattebert and Vincent Bandaret. Established on the initiative of three newspapers in Broye, including Le Démocrate de Payerne, it was initially a magazine insert bundled in those three newspapers. It soon became a biweekly newspaper.[1] In 2002, the Journal de Payerne was merged into it.[1][2] In 2005, it became a weekly paper, published on Thursdays.[1] Jean-Daniel Fattebert was previously editor-in-chief.[1]

It was acquired by the Swiss media company Edipresse.[1] When Edipresse was bought out by and merged with Tamedia, they retained ownership of the paper.[1][3] In 2010, the Feuille d'Avis d'Avenches was merged into it.[1][2] In September 2014, Tamedia sought to sell La Broye Hebdo alongside two of its other papers, all local French-language papers, inherited from the merge: Le Régional and the Journal de Morges. La Broye Hebdo was the first to find a buyer; in 2015, it was bought from Tamedia by the Fribourg-based Groupe Saint-Paul, the publisher of La Liberté and two other papers.[1][2][3]

As of 2020, Danièle Pittet was its director and editor-in-chief.[1] To celebrate the paper's 20th anniversary in 2020, the paper released a book, Entre plume et crayon, by Michel Berger (aka Mibé) and Fattebert.[1] The next year, in 2021, the newspaper Journal de Moudon was merged into La Broye Hebdo.[2] In June 2025, St-Paul Médias SA established a joint editorial team between the paper and the Payerne edition of La Liberté. La Broye Hebdo's editor-in-chief, Isabelle Kottelat, was replaced by Delphine Francey, who had headed the Payerne edition of La Liberté.[2][4][5] In May 2026, St-Paul Médias SA announced it would merge its editorial teams with that of the newspapers La Liberté and La Gruyère, the two other papers also owned by St-Paul Médias SA (its third newspaper, Le Messager, had ceased publication in late 2025). With it, they also announced job cuts. This was done for economic reasons and to maintain the three titles.[6][7][8]

Contents and profile

A weekly newspaper, La Broye Hebdocovers the Broye region of Switzerland in the cantons of Vaud and Fribourg; it also covers the Vully region in Vaud.[1] It is published out of Payerne in the Broye region[3] by St-Paul Médias SA.[4][6] The Swiss newspaper 24 heures described it as the leading publication of the Broye region; its foundation aimed to establish a regional identity, with the region previously having 10 different publications.[1] Initially noted for its green color scheme, this later shifted to blue.[1]

Its circulation was largely stable from the late 2000s to 2020.[1] It had a circulation of 7,820 in 2009, over 9,000 in 2014, 8,660 in 2020, and about 9,000 in 2025.[1][3][4] It has a once a month mass-distributed edition, which as of 2024 had a circulation of about 25,500 copies.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Galliker, Sébastien (2 January 2020). "Depuis deux décennies dans le quotidien des Broyards" [For two decades in the daily lives of the Broyards]. 24 heures (in Swiss French). Lausanne. ISSN 1661-2256. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Fribourg/Vaud: La Broye Hebdo fête son quart de siècle" [Fribourg/Vaud: La Broye Hebdo celebrates its quarter century]. LFM. Crissier. Keystone-ATS. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "«La Broye Hebdo» rejoint le groupe Saint-Paul" ["La Broye Hebdo" joins the Saint-Paul Group]. Le Matin (in Swiss French). Lausanne. ats. 23 December 2014. ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  4. ^ a b c "La Broye Hebdo et La Liberté créeront une rédaction commune" ["La Broye Hebdo" and "La Liberté" to establish a joint editorial team]. Blick (in Swiss French). Zurich. ATS. 30 June 2025. ISSN 1013-0667. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  5. ^ Martin, Victoria (30 June 2025). "A Payerne, La Broye Hebdo et La Liberté se dotent d'une rédaction commune" [In Payerne, La Broye Hebdo and La Liberté are establishing a joint editorial team.]. La Liberté (in Swiss French). Fribourg. ISSN 1660-2293. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  6. ^ a b "La Liberté, La Gruyère et La Broye Hebdo fusionnent leurs rédactions et suppriment 18 postes" [Liberté, La Gruyère and La Broye Hebdo are merging their editorial teams and eliminating 18 positions]. Radio Télévision Suisse (in Swiss French). ats. 1 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  7. ^ Scuderi, Fanny; Chevillot, Annick (30 April 2026). "Coup de tonnerre à Fribourg: «La Liberté», «La Gruyère» et «La Broye Hebdo» fusionnent, 18 postes supprimés" [Bombshell in Fribourg: La Liberté, La Gruyère, and La Broye Hebdo are merging; 18 jobs cut]. Le Temps (in Swiss French). ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  8. ^ McCrae, Nathalie Gerber (3 May 2026). "La presse s'effiloche encore" [The press is fraying further]. Le Courrier (in Swiss French). Geneva. ISSN 1424-1404. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
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