Woxx
{{Short description|Newspaper in Luxembourg.}}
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| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1988|9|23}}
| political = Greens
| language = French, German, and Luxembourgish
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| circulation = 3,000 (2010)
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Woxx is a multilingual weekly newspaper published in Luxembourg.
History and profile
The newspaper was founded as GréngeSpoun by the Greens in 1988.{{cite web|title=Media|url=http://www.luxembourg.public.lu/catalogue/medias/ap-medias/AP-Medias-2013-EN.pdf|publisher=Grand Duchy of Luxembourg|accessdate=14 November 2014}}{{cite web|title=Woxx|url=http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=2021|publisher=Euro Topics|accessdate=22 January 2015}} In 2000, it was renamed as Woxx{{cite book|author=Romain Kohn|editor=Ana Karlsreiter|title=Media in Multilingual Societies. Freedom and Responsibility|date=2003|publisher=Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|location=Vienna|url=http://www.osce.org/fom/13874?download=true|accessdate=22 January 2015|chapter=Luxembourg}} and given independence, although its editorials still support the Greens. The weekly is published weekly on Fridays in all three of Luxembourg's official languages: French, German, and Luxembourgish.
The headquarters of Woxx is in the city of Luxembourg. It received €230,417 in annual state press subsidy in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.gouvernement.lu/publications/informations_gouvernementales/rapports_activite/rapports-activite-2009/01-etat/etat.pdf |title=Ministère d'État|work=Service Information et Press|accessdate=20 November 2010}}
Woxx had a circulation of around 3,000 copies in 2004.{{cite book|title=The Media in Europe|last1=Hirsch|first1=Mario|authorlink=Mario Hirsch|editor1-last=Kelly|editor1-first=Mary J.|editor2-last=Mazzoleni|editor2-first=Gianpietro|editor3-last=McQuail |editor3-first=Denis|year=2004|publisher=Sage|location=London|chapter=Luxembourg|page=140|isbn=978-0-7619-4132-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_KRfXsBUBeAC}} It was again 3,000 copies in 2010.
References
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External links
- [http://www.woxx.lu/ Woxx official website]
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Category:1988 establishments in Luxembourg
Category:Newspapers established in 1988
Category:Weekly newspapers published in Luxembourg
Category:French-language newspapers published in Luxembourg
Category:German-language newspapers published in Luxembourg
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