Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Le Monde was founded in 1944, [8] [9] at the request of General Charles de Gaulle, after the German army had been driven from Paris during World War II.The paper took over the headquarters and layout of Le Temps, which had been the most important newspaper in France, but its reputation had suffered during the Occupation. [10]
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
The group is controlled by the company Le Monde Libre, which possesses 72.5%. [10] This company is controlled in equal shares by Le Nouveau Monde ( Matthieu Pigasse and Daniel Kretinsky ), NJJ Presse ( Xavier Niel ) and Berlys Media (Madison Cox), who each possess 26.66% of the shares, the 20% remaining belonging to the Spanish media group Prisa .
Le Monde diplomatique was founded in 1954 by Hubert Beuve-Méry, founder and director of Le Monde, the French newspaper of record.Subtitled the "organ of diplomatic circles and of large international organisations, [12]" 5,000 copies were distributed, comprising eight pages, dedicated to foreign policy and geopolitics.
In 1944, the Free French liberated Paris, and seized control of all of the collaborationist newspapers. They turned the presses and operations over to new teams of editors and publishers, and provided financial support. As a result, the previously high-prestige Le Temps was replaced by the new daily Le Monde. [39]
In January 2014, the owners of Le Monde, Pierre Bergé, Xavier Niel, and Matthieu Pigasse, purchased a 65% stake in the magazine. [12] [13] On 12 March 2014 the two co-directors of the press group, Laurent Joffrin and Nathalie Collin, resigned because the Nouvel Observateur was being sold to Le Monde. [14]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
The Bourbon Drive-In Theatre, Paris. This circa-1956 drive-in theater features first-run films and funnel cakes, ... Address: 147 Jackstown Road, Paris, KY 40361. Phone: 859-987-2935.