Le Vif/L'Express

The magazine was established under the name of Le Vif in 1983.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.roularta.be/en/home/RC-1184690768636.html?title=Copyright|work=Roularta Media|access-date=14 January 2015|archive-date=9 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209081702/http://www.roularta.be/en/home/RC-1184690768636.html?title=Copyright}}{{cite web|title=Communicating Europe Manual: Belgium|url=http://www.esiweb.org/pdf/enlargement_debates_manual_belgium.pdf|work=European Stability Initiative|access-date=2 May 2015|date=July 2010}} Its name was changed to Le Vif/L'Express when an agreement was made with the French magazine L'Express. Both magazines have had a cooperation since then{{cite web|title=Le Vif/L'Express|work=VoxEurop|access-date=7 December 2014|url=http://www.voxeurop.eu/en/content/source-information/564521-le-vifl-express}} and are both owned by Roularta Media Group.

Le Vif/L'Express has its headquarters in Brussels. As of 2010 Thierry Fiorilli was the editor-in-chief of the magazine, which is published weekly on Fridays and offers news on politics, economics, investigations, society and culture in relation to both Belgium and international events.{{cite web|title=Products|work=Roularta Media|access-date=7 December 2014|url=http://www.roulartamedia.be/en/print/le-vif/l-express-/Products-1184697812910-RM.html?DocumentName=Internet&p=1184697813311|archive-date=14 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114232037/http://www.roulartamedia.be/en/print/le-vif/l-express-/Products-1184697812910-RM.html?DocumentName=Internet&p=1184697813311}} It also covers news on literature and sports.{{cite web|title=Le Vif L'Express

|url=http://www.kmedianet.com/EN/MediaPartners/portfolio/europe/belgium/roularta_media_group/le_vif_l_express.aspx|access-date=7 December 2014

|work=K. Media}} During the period of 2011-2012 55.3% of its readers were men.{{cite web|title=Magazines membres

|url=http://www.theppress.be/febelmag/fr/Magazines-membres-52/Le-Vif-LExpress-98/|work=The Ppress|archive-date=13 July 2014|access-date=5 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713084910/http://theppress.be/febelmag/fr/Magazines-membres-52/Le-Vif-LExpress-98/}}

Le Vif/L'Express magazine is the equivalent of Flemish weekly news magazine Knack, which is also owned by the Roularta Media Group.{{cite web|title=Le Vif/L'Express|access-date=7 December 2014|work=Euro Topics

|url=http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=2144}} Both magazines are published by Roularta Printing, a subsidiary of the Roularta Media Group.{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2010|access-date=7 December 2014|url-status=dead

|url=https://bib.kuleuven.be/files/ebib/jaarverslagen/Roularta_2010eng.pdf|work=Roularta Media Group|archive-date=13 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213205219/https://bib.kuleuven.be/files/ebib/jaarverslagen/Roularta_2010eng.pdf}}

Le Vif/L'Express adopts a neutral political stance. The weekly has several supplements: Focus Vif, a culture publication, Le Vif Weekend, a lifestyle magazine{{cite web|title=Media Partners|work=K. Media|access-date=7 December 2014

|url=http://www.kmedianet.com/EN/MediaPartners/portfolio/europe/belgium/roularta_media_group/weekend_le_vif_l_express.aspx}} and Vacature Emploi.{{cite web|title=News|url=http://www.affinity-primemedia.ch/gb/belgium.html|work=Affinity-Primemedia|access-date=15 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115095223/http://www.affinity-primemedia.ch/gb/belgium.html

|archive-date=15 January 2015}} In 2010 Le Vif/L'Express began to offer T'chin, a health supplement, together with its sister magazine Knack.{{cite news|title=T'chin a new health supplement to Le Vif and Knack magazines|access-date=15 January 2015

|work=Publicitas|url=http://www.publicitas.com/fr/belgium/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=36786&title=belgium-tchin-a-new-health-supplement-to-le-vif-and-knack-magazines#.VLdgBWSsXRA|date=15 February 2010}}

Le Vif/L'Express sold 82,362 copies in 1998 and 85,772 copies in 1998.{{cite web|title=Annual Report|access-date=23 March 2015|year=1999

|url=https://bib.kuleuven.be/files/ebib/jaarverslagen/Roularta_1999eng.pdf|work=Roularta Media Group|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100323/https://bib.kuleuven.be/files/ebib/jaarverslagen/Roularta_1999eng.pdf|url-status=dead}} The magazine had a circulation of 97,000 copies in the period of 2006–2007.{{cite web|author=Anne Austin|display-authors=etal|title=Western Europe Market & Media Fact|work=ZenithOptimedia|access-date=5 March 2015|year=2008|url-status=dead|archive-date= 5 February 2015

|url=http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20&%20MediaFact%202008.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205131709/http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202008.pdf}} Next year the magazine sold 97,605 copies.

The circulation of the magazine was 72,040 copies in 2010 and 68,781 copies in 2011.{{cite web|title=Top 50 Magazines

|url=http://ifabc.org/site/assets/media/Top-50-magazines-30042014.xlsx|work=IFABC|access-date=22 March 2015|date=30 April 2014}} It was 65,274 copies in 2012 and 65,689 copies in 2013.{{cite web|title=Flemish language weekly magazines|work=Corelio Connect|access-date=7 December 2014|url=http://system24.ilsole24ore.com/media/180862/mercatobelgamagazines.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129144957/http://system24.ilsole24ore.com/media/180862/mercatobelgamagazines.pdf|archive-date=29 November 2014}} In March 2014 its circulation grew to 76,000 copies.

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