List of newspapers in France

Below is a list of newspapers in France.

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Name	Founded	Circulation	Chief editor	Ideology	Political position	Group	Remarks
La Croix	15 June 1883	89,735 (2023)^[1]	Jérôme Chapuis, Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner	Christian democracy	Centre-right	Bayard Presse	Roman-Catholic newspaper founded by the assumptionists
Les Échos	1908	140,679 (2023)^[2]	Christophe Jakubyszyn	Neo-liberalism, liberalism	Centre-right	LVMH (Bernard Arnault)	Primarily financial
L'Équipe	1946	219,880 (2023)^[3]	Lionel Dangoumau			Groupe Amaury	Sports newspaper, successor to L'Auto, founded in 1900
Le Figaro	15 January 1826	357,695 (2023)^[4]	Robert Mergui	Liberal conservatism, Gaullism, conservatism	Centre - right	Socpresse - Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault (Dassault Family)	Oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in France
L'Humanité	18 April 1904	38,084 (2023)^[5]	Fabien Gay	Socialism, communism	Left-wing	Société nouvelle du journal l'Humanité	Founded by Jean Jaurès, was the organ of the French Communist Party from 1920 to 1994
Libération	18 April 1973	103,218 (2023)^[6]	Dov Alfon	Socialism, social democracy	Left-wing	SARL Libération	Founded by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July
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	Right-wing	Bey Medias Presse & Internet	Most recent national daily newspaper
Le Parisien / Aujourd'hui en France	1944	259,958 (2023)^[8]	Nicolas Charbonneau		Centre to centre-right	LVMH (Bernard Arnault)	Popular Parisian newspaper with a national version (Aujourd'hui en France). Circulation figures for both are combined here
Le Petit Quotidien	1998	32,596 (2023)^[9]	François Dufour			Play Bac Presse	Newspaper for children aged 6-10
Mon Quotidien	1995	30,480 (2023)^[10]	François Dufour			Play Bac Presse	Newspaper for children aged 10-14

Online newspapers

Mediapart (internet only, investigative journalism, far-left)
La Tribune (switched to internet only since 2012, economics)
Slate (center-left)
Atlantico (right-wing)
Contrepoints

Free newspapers

20 Minutes : The Norwegian group Schibsted launched it in France at the beginning of 2002. It has a circulation of 766,000 in France (over 8 editions), of which 492,000 is in Paris. It has been considered the largest general-interest newspaper in France.

As of 16 October 2022, there is only one free national daily newspaper in France: 20 Minutes, which is often distributed in train stations and other busy areas on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Other free newspapers such as Direct Matin are now defunct.

Weekly

Alternatives économiques (economic and social magazine; left-wing)
Challenges (business magazine)
Charlie Hebdo (libertarian, satirical and secular news newspaper; left-wing)
Courrier International (translated articles from press worldwide; centre-left)
Le Canard enchaîné (investigative journalism and satirical newspaper; left-wing)
L'Express (news magazine; centre-right)
France Dimanche (celebrity news magazine)
Le Journal du dimanche (cultural, leisure and news magazine; far-right)
Le Monde Libertaire (anarcho-communist weekly; far-left)
L'Obs (news magazine; centre-left)
Le Point (news magazine; right-wing)
Marianne (secular and sovereigntist news magazine; right-wing)
Minute (conservative and satirical news newspaper; far-right)
Paris-Match (headline news and celebrity lifestyle features; independent)
Télérama (cultural magazine; left-wing)
Valeurs actuelles (news magazine; far-right)
VSD (celebrity, leisure and news magazine)

Monthly

Le Monde Diplomatique (left-wing to far-left)

Every four years

La Bougie du Sapeur (satirical; every February 29)

English-language

The Connexion
International New York Times (is based in Paris)
The Local (online)
Mediapart (English edition)
Le Monde Diplomatique (translated edition)