10 blogs and media outlets for Swiss business leaders to follow
Staying informed, broadening your horizons, gaining a better understanding of how the modern world works… These are the benefits you, as a business leader, can gain from regularly reading certain news outlets that focus their editorial coverage on economics and finance. Whether Swiss, French or international, some media outlets clearly stand out from the crowd thanks to the quality of their content...
Discover 10 blogs and media outlets that are widely followed by Swiss business leaders, to keep you fully up to date with the latest economic and financial news.
Swiss blogs and media
#1 L’Agefi
Founded in 1950, the Agence économique et financière (Agefi) is first and foremost a media outlet, providing its readers with a unique source of information in French on economic, financial and political news concerning Switzerland, but it is also an agency that helps businesses grow their operations. Highly regarded by business leaders, the Swiss bi-weekly has been working since 2020 to develop a new digital offering.
Email: abo@agefi.com
Telephone: +41 21 331 41 41
Address: 26 Rue des Bains, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Feel free to follow the outlet’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts too!
#2 Summary
Launched in 1989, Bilan is the leading media outlet in French-speaking Switzerland for business news. In addition to its website, which offers readers coverage of all the latest Swiss and international financial news, accompanied by expert opinions and analysis, the publication also produces a monthly magazine covering a wide range of topics such as commerce, industry, management and the luxury sector.
Email: bilan@bilan.ch
Telephone: (+41) 22 322 36 36
Address: 8 Rue des Rois, PO Box 5115, CH-1211 Geneva 11, Switzerland
Feel free to follow the outlet’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts too!
#3 SME Magazine
Since 1989, PME Magazine has established itself as the leading publication for the business community in French-speaking Switzerland. With a particular focus on the most practical challenges faced by business leaders in the region, the journalists at this publication—which comprises a magazine and a website—produce in-depth features, profiles and interviews that are particularly useful to key players in the local economy.
Email: serviceclients@pme.ch
Telephone: +41 (0)58 269 25 07
Address: 3 Pont Charles Bessières, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
Feel free to follow the outlet’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts too!
#4 Le Temps
Founded in 1998, Le Temps is the only French-language general-interest daily newspaper with a national reach in Switzerland. It currently employs nearly 120 staff and draws on a strong network of freelance contributors to provide general news coverage from a liberal and humanist perspective.
The media outlet’s “Blogs” section, which is very popular with business leaders, brings together a host of talented bloggers writing on topics such as the economy and business.
Email: relationclients@letemps.ch
Telephone: 0848 48 48 05
Address: 2 Avenue du Bouchet, 1209 Geneva, Switzerland
And don’t forget to follow the outlet’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts!
French blogs and media
#5 Les Échos
Founded in 1908, Les Échos is a French daily newspaper covering national and international economic and financial news. The publication is notable for its strong digital presence, with more than half of its readers accessing the content via this channel.
With its pro-market editorial stance and liberal outlook, it is widely read by business leaders, who pay particular attention to the “Finance and Markets” section of the website.
Email: serviceclients@lesechos.fr
Telephone: 01 70 37 61 36
Address: 4 Rue de Mouchy, 60438 NOAILLES CEDEX, France
Do feel free to follow the outlet’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts too!
#6 Le Figaro
Le Figaro, a French daily newspaper founded in 1826, is now the leading general-interest daily and the most-visited news website in France. With its editorial line of right-wing Gaullism, liberal on economic issues and conservative on social issues, the publication is aimed primarily at right-wing and centre-right readers, including many business leaders who appreciate the quality and depth of the articles and analyses it offers.
Email: info@lefigaro.com
Telephone: 01 70 37 31 70
Address: 14 Boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris, France
And don’t forget to follow the outlet’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts!
#7 The Tribune
La Tribune, which was the main competitor to Les Échos before the rise of digital media, is also a French newspaper specialising in economic and financial news. Like Les Échos, it targets business leaders and other key players in the economic sector, covering topics such as industry, high technology and management at regional, national and international levels.
Email: latribunelibre@latribune.fr
Telephone: 01 76 21 73 00
Address: 54 Rue de Clichy, 75009 Paris, France
And don’t forget to follow the outlet’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts!
International blogs and media
#8 Bloomberg News
Founded in 1990 as part of the Bloomberg LP group, Bloomberg News is one of the leading international media outlets specialising in economics and finance. Although it now covers a broader range of topics, it remains strongly focused on the economy and is widely read by Swiss business leaders, particularly for its European coverage.
Email: inquiry1@bloomberg.net
Telephone: 01 53 65 50 00
Address: 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, United States
And don’t forget to follow the outlet’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts!
#9 Financial Times
You simply can’t miss it! The Financial Times is undoubtedly Europe’s leading business daily, with over a million subscribers and daily sales of more than 160,000 copies. A British publication with a strong online presence, it is read by the majority of Europe’s business elite, who value its high-quality coverage of both corporate news and financial markets.
Email: help@ft.com
Telephone: +800 0705 6477
Address: Bracken House, 1 Friday Street, London EC4M 9BT, United Kingdom
And don’t forget to follow the outlet’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts!
#10 Forbes
Founded in 1917, Forbes is an American business magazine covering national and international news. Already renowned for the quality of its articles, columns and analyses, the publication is also famous for the numerous lists it compiles each year, notably its rankings of the world’s richest companies and individuals!
Email: investingcs@forbes.com
Telephone: (800) 295-0893
Address: 499 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07310, United States
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