Société Générale de Presse et d'Édition SAL
The Société Générale de Presse et d’Édition SAL owns L’Orient-Le Jour newspaper. In 2019, L'Orient Today released its vision with regards to its business model and expansion ventures, such as digital subscriptions and sponsored editorial projects.
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Joint Stock Company (Société anonyme libanaise)
Business Sectors
Société Générale de Presse et d'Édition SAL is operating in the newspaper publishing sector.
Others
Other Print Outlets
L’Orient-Le Jour (3.1%)
Le Commerce du Levant
L'Orient Litteraire
Other Online Outlets
www.lorientlejour.com
General Information
Founding Year
1971
Affiliated Interests Founder
former Lebanese MP and Minister
veteran Lebanese journalist, politician and diplomat
is a former Minister
Former MP and minister
Lebanese banker, a politician, writer and journalist
Employees
96
Contact
Address: L'Orient-Le Jour building, Damascus International road, Hazmieh (Baabda)
P.O.Box 45-254
Phone: + 961 (5) 956 444
Website: www.lorientlejour.com
Tax/ ID Number
Commercial Registry number: 25962 (Beirut)
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
1,222,000 USD (2021)
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
-840,000 USD (losses, fresh)
Advertising (in % of total funding)
Missing Data
Management
Executive Board
Michel Edde (CEO)
Choueiri Group
Michel Pharaon
Marwan Hamadeh, current Minister of Education
Henri Tyan (banking sector)
Rizk Iskandar Rizk (see above)
Michel & Salim Helou (see above)
Issa Goraieb (journalist)
Nayla de Freige (Chairwoman of the Board of Directors)
Najib Aoun (journalist); Fouad Helou (Executive Director)
Further Information
Meta Data
2024 and 2021 data on shareholder fractions, company information, revenue, and management are acquired by the collaborative investigative efforts of SEEDS for Legal Initiatives and the Samir Kassir Foundation.
