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Le Temps was founded on the 18th of March 1998. It was created through the merger of the Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne and Le Nouveau Quotidien, both of which had been facing serious financial problems.
Le Temps has been owned by Fondation Aventinus, a not-for-profit foundation, since January 2021. The foundation acquired the paper for an estimated 6.5 million euros after previous owners Ringier and Axel Springer's joint venture saw the paper's finances deteriorate significantly.
Le Temps had a circulation of 35,667 copies in 2025. This compares to a peak of 45,970 copies in 2006. The paper saw a sharp subscriber decline in the late 2010s, falling from 20,000 subscriptions to 14,000 by 2020.
Le Temps is considered a newspaper of record because it is the sole nationwide French-language non-specialised daily newspaper in Switzerland. The Research Department on Public Opinion and Society (FÖG) at the University of Zurich has rated it as being of "high quality."
Le Temps was formed from the Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne (itself a merger of papers founded in 1798 and 1826) and Le Nouveau Quotidien, founded in 1991. Both predecessor titles were discontinued in February 1998, with Le Temps launching the following month.
Le Temps is published in Geneva by Le Temps SA. It is printed in the DZB printing center in Bern since March 2025, having previously been printed at Tamedia printing works in Bussigny.