List of newspapers in France
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Below is a list of newspapers in France.
National
| Newspaper | Frequency | Political alignment | Circulation | Publisher/parent company | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Express | weekly | center right | 437,800 | Socpresse | http://www.lexpress.fr |
| L'Humanité | daily | communist/far-left | 52,800 | http://www.humanite.presse.fr/ | |
| Le Canard enchaîné | weekly | far-left | 420,300 | Les Editions Marechal/Le Canard Enchaine | http://www.lecanardenchaine.fr/ |
| Le Figaro | daily | center-right | 321,500 | Socpresse | http://www.lefigaro.fr/ |
| Le Monde | daily | center-left | 314,000 | Le Monde SA | http://www.lemonde.fr |
| Le Nouvel Observateur | weekly | left-wing | 511,900 | Le Nouvel Observateur | http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com |
| Libération | daily | left | 134,800 | http://www.liberation.fr/ | |
| Ouest France | daily | center-right | 760,250 | Association pour le soutien des principes de la democratie humaniste | http://www.ouest-france.fr/ |
Daily
- La Croix (Catholic, daily)
- Mediapart (internet only, investigative journalism, daily)
- Les Échos (economics, daily)
- La Tribune (internet only, economics, daily)
- L'Équipe (sports, daily)
- 20 Minutes (daily, free)
- Direct Matin (daily, free)
- Metro (daily, free)
- France Soir (daily, switched to internet in 2011, went into administration that same year)
Weekly
- Le Nouvel Observateur (news magazine, left-wing)
- Le Point (news magazine, right-wing)
- L'Express (center-right)
- Marianne (news magazine, left-wing)
- Le Canard enchaîné (satirical newspaper, investigative journalism, far-left)
- Paris-Match (photos and celebrity lifestyle news)
- Le Journal du dimanche (news, culture, leisure)
- Charlie Hebdo (satirical news magazine, far-left)
- Télérama (culture)
- Courrier International (translated articles from press worldwide, center-left)
- VSD (news, celebrity and leisure magazine)
- Minute (far-right)
- Challenges (economy)
Monthly
- The Connexion (English language, monthly)
- Le Monde Diplomatique (left-wing, monthly)
Other
- La Bougie du Sapeur, (satirical, every February 29)
Regional
- L'Alsace-Le Pays: Alsace
- Le Berry Républicain: Centre
- Le Bien Public: Burgundy
- Charente Libre: Poitou-Charentes
- Corse-Matin: Corse
- Le Courrier Picard: Picardy
- Le Dauphiné Libéré: Dauphiné, Savoy
- La Dépêche du Midi: Midi-Pyrénées
- Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace: Alsace
- L'Est Républicain: Franche-Comté, Lorraine
- Le Journal du Centre: Centre
- L'Indépendant: Languedoc-Roussillon
- Le Journal de Saône et Loire: Bourgogne
- Midi Libre: Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées
- La Montagne: Auvergne
- Nice-Matin: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Nord éclair: Nord-Pas de Calais
- La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest: Centre, Poitou-Charentes
- Ouest-France: Brittany, Lower Normandy
- Le Parisien: Île-de-France, Oise
- Presse-Océan: Pays de la Loire
- Le Progrès: Auvergne, Burgundy, Franche-Comté, Rhône-Alpes
- La Provence: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Le Républicain Lorrain: Lorraine
- La République des Pyrénées: Aquitaine
- Sud Ouest: Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, Poitou-Charentes
- Le Télégramme de Brest: Brittany
- La Voix du Nord: Nord-Pas de Calais
- Paris-Normandie: Normandy
Former newspapers
- La Gazette, 1631–1915, first French weekly, founded by Théophraste Renaudot, became the mouthpiece of the Legitimist monarchists
- L'Ami du peuple founded by Marat
- Le Journal des débats, 1789-1944 (conservative)
- Le Père Duchesne, 1790-1794 (edited by Jacques Hébert)
- Le Père Duchesne (19th century) (other newspapers)
- Le Globe, 1824–1832, founded by the republican and socialist Pierre Leroux, mouthpiece of the Saint-Simonists starting in 1830
- Le National, 1830-1851 (liberal, founded by Adolphe Thiers and Armand Carrel)
- La Voix des Femmes, 1848-1852 (feminist)
- Le Temps (Paris), 1861-1942 (compromised by the Collaboration during Vichy, replaced at the Liberation by Le Monde)
- Le Petit Parisien, 1876-1944
- La Citoyenne, 1881-1891 (feminist)
- Le Matin (France), 1884-1944
- Le Journal (Paris), 1892-1944
- Paris-Soir, 1923-1944
- Je suis partout, 1930–1944, far-right newspaper, Collaborationist during Vichy
- Combat, 1944-1974 (founded during the Resistance, hosted articles by Albert Camus, Sartre, Malraux, etc.)
See also
↑Jump back a sectionExternal links
- (English) Regular French Press Review - Radio France International
- Brander Mathews, “Notes on Parisian Newspapers,” The Century 35 (December 1, 1887): 200-12.
- “The daily press in France,” compared to the press in the UK, on About-France.com .
- English translations of articles from French newspapers at nonprofit WorldMeets.US
- “Le Guide Presse : french press directory,” index all French newspapers and magazines.
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