List of newspapers in France

Below is a list of newspapers in France.

National

Daily

• La Croix (Catholic, daily)
• Le Figaro (centre-right, daily)
• L'Humanité (formerly the newspaper of the French Communist Party, daily)
• Libération (left-wing, daily)
• Le Monde (centre-left, centre, daily)
• Le Parisien (daily)
• La Tribune (economics, daily)
• Les Échos (economics, daily)
• France Soir
• 20 Minutes (daily, free)
• Direct Matin (daily, free)
• Direct Soir (daily, free)
• Metro (daily, free)
• L'Équipe (sports, daily)

Weekly

• Le Canard enchaîné (investigative journalism, particularly on French politics, and satirical commentary, weekly)
• Le Nouvel Observateur (news, left-wing)
• L'Express (news)
• Le Point (news, right-wing)
• Marianne (news)
• Paris-Match (photos and people)
• Télérama (cultural)
• Courrier International (translated articles from press worldwide, center-left)
• Minute (extreme-right)

Monthly

• The Connexion (English language, monthly)
• Le Monde Diplomatique (left-wing, monthly)
• TheFrenchPaper (English language, monthly)

Other

• La Bougie du Sapeur, (satirical, every February 29)

Regional

• L'Alsace-Le Pays: Alsace
• Le Berry Républicain: Centre
• Le Bien Public: Burgundy
• Charente Libre: Poitou-Charentes
• Corse-Matin: Corse
• Le Courrier Picard: Picardy
• Le Dauphiné Libéré: Dauphiné, Savoy
• La Dépêche du Midi: Midi-Pyrénées
• Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace: Alsace
• L'Est Républicain: Franche-Comté, Lorraine
• Le Journal du Centre: Centre
• L'Indépendant: Languedoc-Roussillon
• Le Journal de Saône et Loire: Bourgogne
• Midi Libre: Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées
• La Montagne: Auvergne
• Nice-Matin: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
• Nord éclair: Nord-Pas de Calais
• La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest: Centre, Poitou-Charentes
• Ouest-France: Pays de la Loire, Brittany, Lower Normandy
• Presse-Océan: Pays de la Loire
• Le Progrès: Auvergne, Burgundy, Franche-Comté, Rhône-Alpes
• La Provence: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
• Le Républicain Lorrain: Lorraine
• La République des Pyrénées: Aquitaine
• Sud Ouest: Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, Poitou-Charentes
• Le Télégramme de Brest: Brittany
• La Voix du Nord: Nord-Pas de Calais
• Paris-Normandie: Normandie

Former newspapers

• La Gazette, 1631–1915, first French weekly, founded by Théophraste Renaudot, became the mouthpiece of the Legitimist monarchists
• L'Ami du peuple founded by Marat
• Le Journal des débats, 1789-1944 (conservative)
• Le Père Duchesne, 1790-1794 (edited by Jacques Hébert)
• Le Père Duchesne (19th c.) (other newspapers)
• Le Globe, 1824–1832, founded by the republican and socialist Pierre Leroux, mouthpiece of the Saint-Simonists starting in 1830
• Le National, 1830-1851 (liberal, founded by Adolphe Thiers and Armand Carrel)
• La Voix des Femmes, 1848-1852 (feminist)
• Le Temps (Paris), 1861-1942 (compromised by the Collaboration during Vichy, replaced at the Liberation by Le Monde)
• Le Petit Parisien, 1876-1944
• La Citoyenne, 1881-1891 (feminist)
• Le Matin (Paris), 1884-1944
• Le Journal (Paris), 1892-1944
• Paris-Soir, 1923-1944
• Je suis partout, 1930–1944, far-right newspaper, Collaborationist during Vichy
• Combat, 1944-1974 (founded during the Resistance, hosted articles by Albert Camus, Sartre, Malraux, etc.)

English-language newspapers

• The Connexion

See also

• Culture of France
• List of newspapers
• Media in France
• Telecommunications in France

External links

• Top Listings of newspapers in France
• (English) Regular French Press Review - Radio France International
• Brander Mathews, “Notes on Parisian Newspapers,” The Century 35 (December 1, 1887): 200-12.
• “The daily press in France,” compared to the press in the UK, on About-France.com .
• English translations of articles from French newspapers at nonprofit WorldMeets.US
• “Le Guide Presse : french press directory,” index all French newspapers and magazines.