List of newspapers in France

Below is a list of newspapers in France.

Evolution in circulation, 1999-2011
Evolution in circulation, 1999-2011

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Name Logo Founded Circulation Chief editor Ideology Political position Group Remarks
La Croix 15 June 1883 89,735 (2023)[1] Jérôme Chapuis, Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner Christian democracy Centre-right Bayard Presse Roman-Catholic newspaper founded by the assumptionists
Les Échos 1908 140,679 (2023)[2] Christophe Jakubyszyn Neo-liberalism, liberalism Centre-right DI Group - LVMH (Bernard Arnault) Primarily financial
L'Équipe 1946 219,880 (2023)[3] Lionel Dangoumau Groupe Amaury Sports newspaper, successor to L'Auto, founded in 1900
Le Figaro 15 January 1826 357,695 (2023)[4] Robert Mergui Liberal conservatism, Gaullism, conservatism Right-wing Socpresse - Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault (Serge Dassault) Oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in France
L'Humanité 18 April 1904 38,084 (2023)[5] Fabien Gay Socialism, communism Left-wing Société nouvelle du journal l'Humanité Founded by Jean Jaurès, was the organ of the French Communist Party from 1920 to 1994
Libération 18 April 1973 103,218 (2023)[6] Dov Alfon Socialism, social democracy Left-wing SARL Libération Founded by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July
Le Monde 1944 494,500 (2023)[7] Jérôme Fenoglio Social liberalism, social democracy Centre-left Groupe Le Monde Newspaper of record in France. Politically independent, often leans to centre-left views. Le Monde is the only evening newspaper in this list
L'Opinion 2013 Rémi Godeau Liberal conservatism, Pro-Europeanism, Neoliberalism Right-wing Bey Medias Presse & Internet Most recent national daily newspaper
Le Parisien / Aujourd'hui en France 1944 259,958 (2023)[8] Nicolas Charbonneau Centre to centre-right Groupe Amaury Popular Parisian newspaper with a national version (Aujourd'hui en France). Circulation figures for both are combined here
Le Petit Quotidien 1998 32,596 (2023)[9] François Dufour Play Bac Presse Newspaper for children aged 6-10
Mon Quotidien 1995 30,480 (2023)[10] François Dufour Play Bac Presse Newspaper for children aged 10-14
Online newspapers
Free newspapers
  • 20 Minutes : The Norwegian group Schibsted launched it in France at the beginning of 2002. It has a circulation of 766,000 in France (over 8 editions), of which 492,000 is in Paris. It has been considered the largest general-interest newspaper in France.

As of 16 October 2022, there is only one free national daily newspaper in France: 20 Minutes, which is often distributed in train stations and other busy areas on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Other free newspapers such as Direct Matin are now defunct.

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English-language

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Regional

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Bimonthly

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Quarterly

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Former newspapers

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German-language

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Ottoman Turkish

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "La Croix − History". Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Les Echos − History". Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ "L'Equipe − History". Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Le Figaro − History". Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  5. ^ "L'Humanité − History". Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Libération − History". Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Le Monde − History". Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Le Parisien-Aujourd'hui en France − History". Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Le Petit Quotidien − History". Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Mon Quotidien − History". Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Pariser Tageblatt : le quotidien de Paris en langue allemande". Deutsche National Bibliothek (DNB) (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Pariser Tagezeitung, Quotidien Anti-Hitlerien à Paris". Deutsche National Bibliothek (DNB) (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2018.

Further reading

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  • Blackburn, George M. "Paris Newspapers and the American Civil War." Illinois Historical Journal (1991): 177–193. in JSTOR
  • Censer, Jack Richard. Press and politics in pre-revolutionary France (Univ of California Press, 1987)
  • Chalaby, Jean K. "Twenty years of contrast: The French and British press during the inter-war period." European Journal of Sociology 37.01 (1996): 143–159. 1919-39
  • Collins, Irene. The government and the newspaper press in France, 1814-1881 (Oxford University Press, 1959)
  • Collins, Ross F., and E. M. Palmegiano, eds. The Rise of Western Journalism 1815-1914: Essays on the Press in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain and the United States (2007), Chapter on France by Ross Collins
  • Cragin, Thomas J. "The Failings of Popular News Censorship in Nineteenth-Century France." Book History 4.1 (2001): 49–80. online
  • Edelstein, Melvin. "La Feuille villageoise, the Revolutionary Press, and the Question of Rural Political Participation." French Historical Studies (1971): 175–203. in JSTOR
  • Eisendrath, Charles R. "Politics and Journalism--French Connection." Columbia Journalism Review 18.1 (1979): 58-61
  • Freiberg, J. W. The French press: class, state, and ideology (Praeger Publishers, 1981)
  • Goldstein, Robert Justin. "Fighting French Censorship, 1815-1881." French Review (1998): 785–796. in JSTOR
  • Gough, Hugh. The newspaper press in the French Revolution (Taylor & Francis, 1988)
  • Isser, Natalie. The Second Empire and the Press: A Study of Government-Inspired Brochures on French Foreign Policy in Their Propaganda Milieu (Springer, 1974)
  • Kerr, David S. Caricature and French Political Culture 1830-1848: Charles Philipon and the Illustrated Press (Oxford University Press, 2000)
  • Thogmartin, Clyde. The national daily press of France (Birmingham Alabama: Summa Publications, Inc., 1998), 370pp
  • Trinkle, Dennis A. The Napoleonic press: the public sphere and oppositionary journalism (Edwin Mellen Pr, 2002)
  • Weigle, Clifford. "The Paris Press from 1920 to 1940" Journalism Quarterly (1941) 18: 376–84.
  • Weigle, Clifford. "The Rise and Fall of the Havas News Agency" Journalism Quarterly (1942) 19:277-86
  • Williams, Roger Lawrence. Henri Rochefort, prince of the gutter press (Scribner, 1966)
  • Zerner, Elisabeth H. "Rumors in Paris Newspapers," Public Opinion Quarterly (1946) 10#3 pp. 382–391 in JSTOR In summer 1945
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