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L'Union (French newspaper)

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L'Union
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Groupe Rossel
EditorArnault Cohen
Founded1944; 81 years ago (1944)
LanguageFrench
HeadquartersReims, France
Circulation95,000 (2012)[1]
ISSN0751-6134 (print)
2491-5734 (web)
OCLC number74813811
Websitelunion.fr

L'Union is a French daily newspaper based in Reims. It was first printed in 1944 as an underground newspaper of the French Resistance.

History

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L'Union was born from a 1943 meeting in Reims, Occupied France, between Henri Bertin of Ceux de la Résistance, Charles Guggiari of Libération-Nord, Raymond Guyot of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), and "Maurice", the alias of a member of the National Front. Bertin would later flee to Great Britain, while the latter three were deported to Nazi concentration camps.[2]

The newspaper's first issue was written by Michel Sicre [fr], future president of the Departmental Committee of Liberation; Henri Kinet, a schoolteacher and member of the National Front; Robert Duterque [fr], a member of the SFIO; and Edmond Forboteau, a member of Libération-Nord.[3] It was printed clandestinely by resistance fighter Serge Labruyère in April 1944.[2] 5,000 copies of the newspaper's first official issue were distributed in Reims on 30 August 1944.[4]

On 27 September 1945, the newspaper was set up as a SARL with 12 owner associations: the National Front, Ceux de la Libération, Ceux de la Résistance, Libération-Nord, the Union des femmes françaises, the Union française des associations de combattants [fr], the Marne federation of the SFIO, the Marne federation of the French Communist Party, the Union départementale des syndicats ouvriers de la Marne, the Alliance républicaine de la Marne, the mouvement républicain de la Marne, and the Union locale des syndicats chrétiens de Reims.[2][3]

Groupe Hersant Média [fr] (GHM) acquired the newspaper in 1985.[1] In October 2012, GHM sold the newpaper to Groupe Rossel.[5][6]

Notable personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Dupont, Thierry (2 May 2016). "L'Union de Reims fait le pari de la reconquête". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Chabaud, Hervé (31 July 2024). "Naissance de L'union et d'une histoire d'amour: Marcelle et Serge, résistants inséparables". L'Union (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b Chabaud, Hervé (30 August 2019). "Votre quotidien issu de la Résistance souffle ses 75 bougies". L'Union (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  4. ^ Chabaud, Hervé (31 July 2024). "30 août 1944: Première édition de L'union, journal qui sort de la clandestinité". L'Union (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  5. ^ Ternisien, Xavier (3 October 2012). "Plusieurs repreneurs possibles pour "L'Union"". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  6. ^ Schmitt, Fabienne (20 October 2012). "Le Belge Rossel confirme le rachat du journal «L'Union»". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  7. ^ Richebois, Véronique (3 October 2013). "Pierre-Jean Bozo, nouvel homme fort de l'Union des annonceurs". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  8. ^ Lange, Corinne (8 July 2022). "39 ans à L'union - L'Ardennais: les confidences de Sébastien Lacroix". L'Union (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  9. ^ Jouret, Caroline (18 June 2013). "L'histoire de la résistance sort de l'ombre dans la Marne". France Info (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  10. ^ Gonzalez-Renois, Lionel (14 January 2013). "L'Union passe dans les mains du groupe Rossel". France Info (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  11. ^ Robert, Martine (7 December 2005). "Reims: les réseaux de pouvoir". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  12. ^ Guillauma, Yves (2015). "L'achèvement de l'arc-en-ciel politique dans la presse quotidienne bretonne: La création de La République sociale". Annales de Bretagne et des pays de l'Ouest (in French). 122–4: 97–120. doi:10.4000/abpo.3146. Retrieved 15 May 2025 – via OpenEdition Journals.
  13. ^ Ambrosi, Pascal (1 April 1997). "«L'Est républicain» pourrait prendre le contrôle des «DNA»". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  14. ^ Dupont, Thierry (28 April 2016). "L'ancien patron de L'Union de Reims Jacques Tillier, sans regrets". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
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