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...
• L'Agefi, Bilan and PME Magazine are among the Swiss economic and financial media most widely followed by business leaders in French-speaking Switzerland.
• Le Temps, Switzerland's only nationwide French-language general-interest daily, features a blog section particularly popular with executives.
• The article lists 10 essential sources for keeping up with Swiss economic and financial news.
Discover 10 blogs and media outlets closely followed by Swiss business leaders, to help you stay informed on 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 that provides its readers with a unique French-language stream of economic, financial and political news about Switzerland, but it is also an agency that helps businesses grow. Highly regarded by business leaders, the Swiss twice-weekly publication 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 Bilan
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 alongside expert opinions and analysis, the outlet also publishes a monthly magazine covering a wide range of topics such as trade, industry, management and luxury.
Email: bilan@bilan.ch
Telephone: (+41) 22 322 36 36
Address: 8, Rue des Rois, PO Box 5115, CH – 1211 Geneva 11, Switzerland
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#3 PME Magazine
Since 1989, PME Magazine has established itself as the leading media outlet 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 outlet, which comes as both a magazine and a website, produce in-depth features, profiles and interviews that are especially useful to players in the local economy.
Email: serviceclients@pme.ch
Telephone: +41 (0)58 269 25 07
Address: 3 Pont Charles Bessières, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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#4 Le Temps
Founded in 1998, Le Temps is the only French-language general-interest daily newspaper with national reach in Switzerland. It currently employs close to 120 staff and draws on a strong network of freelance contributors to cover general news from a liberal and humanist standpoint.
The outlet’s “Blogs” section, which is highly popular with business leaders, brings together numerous 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
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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. This outlet stands out for its strong digital presence, with more than half of its readers accessing it through this channel.
With its pro-market editorial line and liberal orientation, it is widely read by business leaders, who keep a particularly close eye on the website’s “Finance and Markets” section.
Email: serviceclients@lesechos.fr
Telephone: 01 70 37 61 36
Address: 4, rue de Mouchy, 60438 NOAILLES CEDEX, France
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#6 Le Figaro
Founded in 1826, the French daily Le Figaro today claims to be France’s leading general-interest daily newspaper and its most-visited news website. With an editorial line that is right-wing Gaullist, economically liberal and socially conservative, the outlet is aimed mainly at right-wing and centre-right readers, including many business leaders who value the quality and depth of its articles and analysis.
Email: info@lefigaro.com
Telephone: 01 70 37 31 70
Address: 14 bd Haussmann, 75009 Paris, France
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#7 La Tribune
The main rival of Les Échos before the rise of digital media, La Tribune is likewise a French newspaper specialising in economic and financial news. Also targeting economic players, notably business leaders, it covers subjects such as industry, high technology and management at regional, national and international level.
Email: latribunelibre@latribune.fr
Telephone: 01.76.21.73.00
Address: 54, Rue de Clichy, 75009 Paris, France
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International blogs and media
#8 Bloomberg News
An American news agency 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. Now broader in scope but still heavily focused on business, the outlet is closely followed 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
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#9 Financial Times
There’s no missing it! The Financial Times is without doubt Europe’s leading business daily, with more than a million subscribers and daily sales of over 160,000 copies. A British outlet with a strong online presence, it is read by the majority of Europe’s business elite, who value its high-quality coverage of both company news and financial markets.
Email: help@ft.com
Telephone: +800 0705 6477
Address: Bracken House 1 Friday Street London EC4M 9BT, United Kingdom
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#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 analysis, the outlet is also known for the many 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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