New satirical magazine planned for French-speaking Switzerland
Barrigue, the French press cartoonist, is planning to publish a new satirical magazine for French-speaking Switzerland next year. It will be published weekly with a circulation of 15,000 copies.
The Biel-based press illustrator Barrigue is planning to publish a new satirical magazine for French-speaking Switzerland next year. As reported in Thursday's edition of the Bieler Tagblatt, he is in negotiations with the Biel printing company Courvoisier. However, the die is not yet cast as far as the printing company is concerned, emphasizes Barrigue. The launch should take place in time for the Geneva Book Salon at the end of April 2009. In addition to Barrigue, the magazine team includes satirists such as Thierry Meury, Laurent Flutch and Vincent Kohler. It will one day be published with a circulation of 15,000 copies. "In my opinion, this magazine will fill an important gap in the Swiss media landscape," continued the illustrator, who worked for the daily newspaper Le Matin for 29 years. The magazine will be published weekly.
