Société Générale de Presse et d'Édition SAL
The Société Générale de Presse et d’Édition SAL owns L’Orient-Le Jour newspaper. In 2009, it was granted a license to issue a weekly, non-political francophone publication called L’Orient-Le Jour-Junior-Les Copains managed by Zéna Zalzal. It also publishes the economic magazine Le Commerce du Levant.
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Public Limited Company (Société anonyme libanaise)
Business Sectors
Société Générale de Presse et d'Édition SAL is operating in the newspaper publishing sector.
Individual Owner
Michel Edde (38.03%)
Michel Helou (0.005% - grandson, Executive Director)
Salim Helou (0.005% - grandson)
Michel Pharaon (2.57% - current Minister of State for Planning)
Nayla De Freige (1.65% - sister)
Pharaon Holding SAL (11%)
Libano-Suisse Insurance Consulting (0.2% - owned by the Pharaons)
Other Print Outlets
L’Orient-Le Jour (3.1%)
Le Commerce du Levant
L'Orient Litteraire
Other Online Outlets
General Information
Founding Year
1971
Founder
Pierre Edde, former Lebanese MP and Minister;
Ghassan Tueni, veteran Lebanese journalist, politician and diplomat;
Georges Naccache is a former Minister
Employees
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Contact
L'Orient-Le Jour building
Damascus International road
Hazmieh (Baabda) P.O.Box 45-254
Lebanon
Phone + 961 (5) 956 444
www.lorientlejour.com
Tax/ ID Number
Commercial Registry number: 25962 (Beirut)
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
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Advertising (in % of total funding)
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Management
Executive Board
Michel Eddé (CEO)
Nayla de Freige (Deputy CEO)
Michel Hélou (Executive Director)
Marwan Hamadé (Minister of Education and MP)
Henri Tyan
Rizk Iskandar Rizk
Salim Hélou
Issa Goraieb
Nayla de Freige (see above)
Najib Aoun
Michel Pharaon (Minister of State for Planning, former MP)
Choueiri Group (90% of the shares are owned by the Choueiri family)
Further Information
Meta Data
Audience share for newspapers is based on IPSOS data (average readership 2016 and 2017).
