L'Echo

L'Echo is a French-language financial and business daily newspaper in Belgium, focused on economics, markets, and finance. It serves a professional and investor audience in the country's French-speaking community, with coverage that is generally pro-market in orientation. The publication combines its print edition with a website covering Belgian and international business affairs.

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L'Echo at a glance

Country: Belgium
Region: Western Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Business daily
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1881
Owner: Mediafin (Rossel and Roularta)
Published from: Brussels
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How Crosswire groups L'Echo

Crosswire groups L'Echo as Centrist for comparisons within Belgium's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where L'Echo sits in Belgium's press

L'Echo was founded in 1881, is published from Brussels and is owned by Mediafin (Rossel and Roularta). It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Belgium and the only business daily tracked there. By outlets tracked, Belgium ranks 13th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 13 of the 30 business dailies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to L'Echo outside Belgium, starting with Western Europe, are Handelsblatt (Germany), Les Echos (France), Financieele Dagblad (Netherlands) and Financial Times (United Kingdom). Opening one of them beside L'Echo is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.