La Côte (newspaper)

It publishes out of Nyon in the Canton of Vaud.{{Cite news |author=Jost |first=Cyril |date=2011-02-04 |title=The challenges confronting the Swiss press |url=http://www.inaglobal.fr/en/press/article/challenges-confronting-swiss-press |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517075624/http://www.inaglobal.fr:80/en/press/article/challenges-confronting-swiss-press |archive-date=2011-05-17 |access-date=2016-05-29 |work=Ina Global |language=en |issn=2273-6832}} It was founded in 1987 as the {{Lang|fr|Quotidien de La Côte}} by printer Jean-Pierre Manz.{{Cite news |last=C. |first=C. |date=1996-05-07 |title="La Côte" joue à quitte ou double avec un concept neuf |trans-title="La Côte" plays double or nothing with a new concept |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE19960507-01.2.54 |access-date=2024-11-25 |work=La Liberté |location=Fribourg |page=11 |language=fr-CH |via=e-newspaperarchives.ch |issue=180 |issn=1660-2293}}{{Cite news |last=E |first=Ro |date=1996-05-07 |title=Pour mieux coller à sa région, "Le Quotidien de la Côte" s'offre un coup de jeune |trans-title=To better fit its region, "Le Quotidien de la Côte" is getting a facelift |url=https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/JDG_1996_05_07/14/article/9350729/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |work=Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne |page=14 |language=fr-CH |via=Le Temps Archives |issue=106 |issn=1021-1721}} The paper was created out of the merger of several small biweekly and triweekly papers in the Geneva Lake region.{{Cite news |date=1988-05-04 |title="Quotidien de La Côte": Le rédacteur en chef s'en va |trans-title="Quotidien de La Côte": The editor-in-chief leaves |url=https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/GDL_1988_05_04/15/article/4804749/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |work=Gazette de Lausanne |page=15 |language=fr-CH |via=Le Temps Archives |issue=103 |issn=1010-206X |agency=ARC}} It was initially published by Cherix et Filianosa SA.{{Cite news |last=Schurch |first=Madeleine |date=1992-11-27 |title=Tensions sociales chez l'éditeur Filanosa |trans-title=Social tensions at the publisher Filanosa |url=https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/LNQ_1992_11_27/21/article/9710973/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |work=Le Nouveau Quotidien |location=Lausanne |page=21 |language=fr-CH |via=Le Temps Archives |issue=337 |issn=1423-3959}}{{Cite news |last=Debraine |first=Luc |date=1993-06-02 |title=Rapprochement entre "L'Est Vaudois" et "Le Quotidien de La Cote" |trans-title=Rapprochement between "L'Est Vaudois" and "Le Quotidien de La Côte" |url=https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/LNQ_1993_06_02/17/article/9750557/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |work=Le Nouveau Quotidien |location=Lausanne |page=17 |language=fr-CH |issue=519 |issn=1423-3959}} In 1993 it had a circulation of about 14,000, and a merger with the larger paper the {{Lang|fr|L'Est Vaudois}} was suggested. Its first editor-in-chief was Pierre Thomas, who left the next year.

In 1996, it was renamed just La Côte and received a redesign. These changes were done to compete with newly established publications in the region, including free papers. That year, it had a print run of 13,000, mostly making money off of subscriptions as less than 15% of sales were from unit. It then had an increase in advertising revenue despite a national decrease.

In 2001 it was bought out by the French businessman Philippe Hersant, who proceeded to buy several other regional papers. As of 2022 it is published by ESH Médias.{{Cite news |last=Iaz |first=Chams |date=2022-01-04 |title=ESH Médias rompt son contrat avec le Groupe Saint-Paul, un coup dur pour "La Liberté" |trans-title=ESH Médias terminates its contract with Groupe Saint-Paul, a blow for "La Liberté" |url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/esh-medias-rompt-contrat-groupe-saintpaul-un-coup-dur-liberte |access-date=2024-11-25 |work=Le Temps |location=Geneva |language=fr-CH |issn=1423-3967}}{{Cite journal |last=Robotham |first=Andrew T. |last2=Pignard-Cheynel |first2=Nathalie |date=2024-08-08 |title=You Said Digital First! A Five-Dimensional Definition According to Journalists from Three Swiss Newspapers |journal=Journalism Practice |language=en |volume=18 |issue=7 |pages=1702–1721 |doi=10.1080/17512786.2022.2104745 |issn=1751-2786 |doi-access=free}}

It adopted digital first production in 2018, with the production of the print edition following the finalization of the digital one. In its journalism stories are assigned to specific pages, which imposes stricter story length limits, in contrast with other Swiss papers.

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