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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]
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 ...
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 .
The 100 Books of the Century (French: Les cent livres du siècle) is a list of the hundred most memorable books of the 20th century, regardless of language, according to a poll performed during the spring of 1999 by the French retailer Fnac and the Paris newspaper Le Monde.
The oldest national newspaper in France, Le Figaro is one of three French newspapers of record, along with Le Monde and Libération. [9] Since 2004, the newspaper has been owned by Dassault Group. Its editorial director has been Alexis Brézet since 2012. [10] Le Figaro is the second-largest national newspaper in France, after Le Monde. [11]
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, [9]" 5,000 copies were distributed, comprising eight pages, dedicated to foreign policy and geopolitics.
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]
Le Monde illustré (title translation: The Illustrated World) was a leading illustrated news magazine in France which was published from 1857–1940 and again from 1945 to 1956. It was in many ways similar to its contemporary English-language newsmagazine The Illustrated London News and should not be confused with the French newspaper Le Monde.