Le Parisien
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 Front pages ofLe Parisien(regional) andAujourd'hui en France(national) on 12 September 2016. While both editions carry the same main story, several side headlines are different. | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | LVMH |
| Founded | 1944 |
| Political alignment | Neutral[1] |
| Language | French |
| Headquarters | 15th arrondissement of Paris |
| Circulation | 180,854 (as of 2020) |
| ISSN | 0767-3558 |
| Website | www |
Le Parisien(pronounced[ləpaʁizjɛ̃];lit. 'The Parisian') is a French dailynewspapercovering both international and national news, and local news ofParisand its suburbs. Since 2015, Le Parisien has been owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, better known asLVMH,belonging to French billionaireBernard Arnault.[2]
History and profile[edit]
The paper was established asLe Parisien libéré(pronounced[ləpaʁizjɛ̃libeʁe];lit. 'The Freed Parisian') byÉmilien Amauryin 1944,[3][4]and was published for the first time on 22 August 1944. The paper was originally launched as the organ of theFrench undergroundduring theGerman occupation of France in World War II.[4]
The name was changed to the current one in 1986.[3]A national edition exists, calledAujourd'hui en France(pronounced[oʒuʁdɥiɑ̃fʁɑ̃s];lit. 'Today in France').
LVMHacquired the paper fromÉditions Philippe Amauryin 2015.[5]
Circulation[edit]
Le Parisienhad a circulation near to one million copies in the early 1970s.[6]The paper reached a circulation of 659,200 copies on 24 April 1995, the day after the first round of thepresidential election.[3]In the period of 1995–1996 the paper had a circulation of 451,159 copies.[7]
The combined circulation ofLe Parisienwas 485,000 copies in 2001.[8]The paper had a circulation of 147,143 copies and a combined circulation of 360,505 copies in 2002.[9]It was the second largest regional newspaper in France with a combined circulation of 530,000 copies in 2008,[10]behindOuest-France,which had a circulation of about 800,000 copies. The circulation ofLe Parisienwas 229,638 copies in 2014.[11]The circulation of Le Parisien was 264,952 copies in 2020.[12]
| Year | Circulation |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 208,978 |
| 2017 | 207,386 |
| 2018 | 196,226 |
| 2019 | 187,041 |
| 2020 | 180,854 |
| 2021 | 182,291 |
| 2022 | 185,558 |
| 2023 | 188,118 |
| DDM 01/2024 | 200,130[13] |
Footnotes[edit]
- ^"Le Parisien-Aujourd'hui en France est et doit rester un grand quotidien populaire et généraliste de qualité. Il tient à préserver sa ligne éditoriale, faite de neutralité politique et de proximité avec son lectorat"(archived 21 May 2015)(in French).Reuters.
- ^"THE WORLD'S REAL-TIME BILLIONAIRES".forbes.Retrieved15 January2024.
- ^abcAlexandra Hughes; Keith A Reader (11 March 2002).Encyclopaedia of Contemporary French Culture.Routledge. p. 409.ISBN978-1-134-78866-8.Retrieved22 November2014.
- ^ab"Le Parisien (French newspaper)".Encyclopædia Britannica.Retrieved14 December2014.
- ^"LVMH says in talks to buy Le Parisien newspaper".Reuters.26 May 2015.Retrieved14 December2017.
- ^Pierre L. Horn (1 January 1991).Handbook of French Popular Culture.Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 166.ISBN978-0-313-26121-3.Retrieved14 December2014.
- ^Media Policy: Convergence, Concentration & Commerce.SAGE Publications. 24 September 1998. p. 10.ISBN978-1-4462-6524-6.Retrieved3 February2014.
- ^Adam Smith (15 November 2002)."Europe's Top Newspapers".Campaign.Retrieved18 April2015.
- ^"Media Markets and Newspapers"(PDF).SFN Flash.7(1). 7 January 2004. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 17 February 2015.Retrieved17 February2015.
- ^"Circulations".OJD(in French). Archived fromthe originalon 5 April 2009.Retrieved17 October2010.
- ^"Presse Quotidienne Regionale 2014".OJD.Archived fromthe originalon 19 March 2015.Retrieved21 March2015.
- ^"Couplage Le Parisien + Aujourd'hui en France - ACPM".acpm.fr.Retrieved5 May2021.
- ^https:// acpm.fr/Support/le-parisien
External links[edit]
- Official website(in French)