Le Vif/L'Express is a weekly news magazine published in Brussels, Belgium. It has been in circulation since 1963.

The magazine was established under the name of Le Vif in 1983.^[1][2] Its name was changed to Le Vif/L'Express when an agreement was made with the French magazine L'Express.^[1] Both magazines have had a cooperation since then^[3] and are both owned by Roularta Media Group.^[4][5]

Le Vif/L'Express has its headquarters in Brussels.^[2][5] As of 2010 Thierry Fiorilli was the editor-in-chief of the magazine,^[2] which is published weekly on Fridays^[5][6] and offers news on politics, economics, investigations, society and culture in relation to both Belgium and international events.^[4] It also covers news on literature and sports.^[6] During the period of 2011-2012 55.3% of its readers were men.^[7]

Le Vif/L'Express magazine is the equivalent of Flemish weekly news magazine Knack, which is also owned by the Roularta Media Group.^[5][2] Both magazines are published by Roularta Printing, a subsidiary of the Roularta Media Group.^[8]

Le Vif/L'Express adopts a neutral political stance.^[5] The weekly has several supplements: Focus Vif, a culture publication, Le Vif Weekend, a lifestyle magazine^[4][9] and Vacature Emploi.^[10] In 2010 Le Vif/L'Express began to offer T'chin, a health supplement, together with its sister magazine Knack.^[11]

Le Vif/L'Express sold 82,362 copies in 1998 and 85,772 copies in 1998.^[12] The magazine had a circulation of 97,000 copies in the period of 2006–2007.^[13] Next year the magazine sold 97,605 copies.^[2]

The circulation of the magazine was 72,040 copies in 2010 and 68,781 copies in 2011.^[14] It was 65,274 copies in 2012^[14] and 65,689 copies in 2013.^[15] In March 2014 its circulation grew to 76,000 copies.^[4]

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