Woxx

Woxx is a multilingual weekly newspaper published in Luxembourg.

Woxx
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founded23 September 1988 (1988-09-23)
Political alignmentGreens
LanguageFrench, German, and Luxembourgish
HeadquartersLuxembourg
Circulation3,000 (2010)

History and profile

The newspaper was founded as GréngeSpoun by the Greens in 1988.[1][2] In 2000, it was renamed as Woxx[3] and given independence, although its editorials still support the Greens. The weekly is published weekly on Fridays in all three of Luxembourg's official languages: French, German, and Luxembourgish.[2]

The headquarters of Woxx is in the city of Luxembourg.[2] It received €230,417 in annual state press subsidy in 2009.[4]

Woxx had a circulation of around 3,000 copies in 2004.[5] It was again 3,000 copies in 2010.[2]

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References
  1. "Media" (PDF). Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. "Woxx". Euro Topics. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. Romain Kohn (2003). "Luxembourg". In Ana Karlsreiter (ed.). Media in Multilingual Societies. Freedom and Responsibility. Vienna: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. "Ministère d'État" (PDF). Service Information et Press. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  5. Hirsch, Mario (2004). "Luxembourg". In Kelly, Mary J.; Mazzoleni, Gianpietro; McQuail, Denis (eds.). The Media in Europe. London: Sage. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-7619-4132-3.


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