Below is a list of newspapers in France.
Newspaper | Logo | Founded | Circulation | Chief editor | Ideology | Political position |
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La Croix | 15 June 1883 | 87,682 (2019) | Jérôme Chapuis, Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner | Christian democracy | Centre-right | |
Les Échos | 1908 | 132,210 (2019) | Neo-liberalism, liberalism | Centre-right | ||
Le Figaro | 15 January 1826 | 350,397 (2021) | Robert Mergui | Liberal conservatism, Gaullism, conservatism | Centre-right | |
L'Humanité | 18 April 1904 | 36,347 (2019) | Fabien Gay | Socialism, communism | Left-wing | |
Libération | 18 April 1973 | 91,833 (2021) | Don Alfon | Socialism, social democracy | Left-wing | |
Le Monde | 1944 | 323,565 (2019) | Jérôme Fenoglio | Social liberalism, social democracy | Centre-left |
Presse quotidienne nationale française is a group of eighteen paid-for French daily newspapers, of which six have circulations in excess of 100,000,[1] and four free newspapers, which have a much larger circulation: not only is the paid-for press more expensive, but there are fewer outlets from which to buy newspapers. In recent years many newsstands and newsagents in Paris that sold newspapers have closed, and customers would need to travel far to get some titles.
Name | Founded | Founder | Replaced/merged | Group | Major shareholders | Circulation (2013)[1] | Remarks |
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Le Parisien / Aujourd'hui en France | 22 August 1944 | Émilien Amaury | Le Parisien Libéré | Groupe Amaury | 411,003 | Quality general and popular paper. Centre-left politics. Circulation figures for Le Parisien and 'Aujourd'hui en France are combined here. | |
Le Figaro | Weekly: 15 January 1826 Daily: 1866 |
Étienne Arago and Maurice Alhoy | L'Aurore | Socpresse | Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault (Serge Dassault) | 317,225 | General newspaper, right-wing politics. |
Le Monde | 18 December 1944 | Hubert Beuve-Méry | Le Temps | Groupe Le Monde | Pierre Bergé, Matthieu Pigasse, Xavier Niel | 275,310 | Known as the "journal of reference". Politically independent, it often leans to centre-left views. Le Monde is the only evening newspaper in this list. |
L'Équipe (general edition) | 28 February 1946 | Jacques Goddet | L'Auto | Groupe Amaury | 243,580 | Sports newspaper | |
Les Échos | Monthly: 1908 Daily: 1928 |
Émile Servan-Schreiber | Les Échos de l’Exportation | DI Group | LVMH (Bernard Arnault) | 123,636 | Primarily financial. Takes a liberal-conservative editorial stance, leaning to the right. |
Libération | 22 May 1973 | Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July | SARL Libération | Patrick Drahi and Bruno Ledoux | 101,616 | Left-wing newspaper, aligned with the Parti socialiste. | |
La Croix | 1883 | Assumptionist | Bayard Presse | 94,673 | Roman-Catholic newspaper and centre-right conservative. | ||
Le Petit Quotidien | 1998 | Play Bac Presse | Play Bac Presse | 53,807 | For 6- to 10-year-olds. | ||
Mon quotidien | 1995 | Play Bac Presse | Play Bac Presse | 47,358 | For 10- to 14-year-olds. | ||
Paris Turf | 1946 | Turf Éditions | 41,393 | Horse racing. | |||
L'Humanité | 18 April 1904 | Jean Jaurès | Société nouvelle du journal l'Humanité | 40,562 | Organ of the French Communist Party from 1920 to 1994; it remains close but has flirted with other left-wing bodies. | ||
Paris Courses | 1994 | Jean Claude Seroul | Turf Éditions | 20,653 | Horse racing. | ||
International New York Times | 1887 | James Gordon Bennett, Jr. | New York Herald Tribune | New York Times Company | 17,167 | English language newspaper. | |
Tiercé Magazine | 1978 | Jean Claude Seroul | Turf Éditions | 13,952 | Horse racing. | ||
Week End | 1962 | Leo Zitrone | Turf Éditions | 13,859 | |||
La Gazette des Courses | 13,847 | Horse racing. | |||||
Bilto | 1985 | Les Editions de la Bulle | Turf Éditions | 10,405 |
Free newspapers are distributed from newsstands and traditional newsagent's shops at the entrances of metro stations and other public places.
The storm of new free titles, together with the expansion of Internet use and the closure of so many points of sale, a turndown in advertising revenue after the World financial crisis of 2007, the high cost of printing and other phenomena significantly affected the print media, especially dailies, which underwent a severe crisis.[4][5][6]