List of newspapers in France

Below is a list of newspapers in France.

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

National

Daily

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 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 Centre-right Socpresse - Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault (Dassault Family) 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 LVMH (Bernard Arnault) 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.

Weekly

Monthly

Every four years

English-language

Regional

Daily

Weekly

Biweekly

Monthly

Bimonthly

Quarterly

  • L'Anjou
  • La Galipote (Auvergne)
  • Le Berry
  • Le Journal de la Sologne (Centre-Val de Loire)
  • Les Saisons d'Alsace (Alsace)
  • Le Magazine de la Touraine
  • Massif Central (newspaper)
  • Patrimoine normand (Normandy)
  • Xaintonge, le jhornau des Charentais

Former newspapers

German-language

  • Pariser Tageblatt, 1933-1936 (German-language daily for German exiles in France)[11]
  • Pariser Tageszeitung (see Pariser Tageblatt), 1936-1940 (Anti-Hitler daily for expatriates)[12]

Ottoman Turkish

See also

References

  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

  • 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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