Le Parisien
Encyclopedia
Le Parisien is a French
daily
newspaper
covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris and its suburbs. It was established as Le Parisien libéré by Émilien Amaury
in 1944, and the name was changed to the current one in 1986. A national edition exists, called Aujourd'hui en France ("Today in France").
It is the largest national newspaper in circulation in France with a combined circulation of 530,000 copies (2008). It is owned by Éditions Philippe Amaury
.
Nowadays, the newspaper's ideology is political centre, rather right-wing
. It often shows support to Nicolas Sarkozy
. It could be considered as an equivalent to Le Figaro
with an editorial line meant more for the masses
, including casual information about popular culture
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
daily
Day
A day is a unit of time, commonly defined as an interval equal to 24 hours. It also can mean that portion of the full day during which a location is illuminated by the light of the sun...
newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris and its suburbs. It was established as Le Parisien libéré by Émilien Amaury
Émilien Amaury
Émilien Amaury was a French publishing magnate whose company now organises the Tour de France. He worked with Philippe Pétain, head of the French government in the southern half of France during the second world war but used his position to find paper and other materials for the French Resistance...
in 1944, and the name was changed to the current one in 1986. A national edition exists, called Aujourd'hui en France ("Today in France").
It is the largest national newspaper in circulation in France with a combined circulation of 530,000 copies (2008). It is owned by Éditions Philippe Amaury
Éditions Philippe Amaury
Éditions Philippe Amaury , also known as Groupe EPA or the Amaury Group, is a French media group. Marie-Odile Amaury, widow of Philippe Amaury owns a majority of the company....
.
Nowadays, the newspaper's ideology is political centre, rather right-wing
Right-wing politics
In politics, Right, right-wing and rightist generally refer to support for a hierarchical society justified on the basis of an appeal to natural law or tradition. To varying degrees, the Right rejects the egalitarian objectives of left-wing politics, claiming that the imposition of equality is...
. It often shows support to Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....
. It could be considered as an equivalent to Le Figaro
Le Figaro
Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with Le Monde and Libération, and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after Le Parisien and before Le Monde, but...
with an editorial line meant more for the masses
Commoner
In British law, a commoner is someone who is neither the Sovereign nor a peer. Therefore, any member of the Royal Family who is not a peer, such as Prince Harry of Wales or Anne, Princess Royal, is a commoner, as is any member of a peer's family, including someone who holds only a courtesy title,...
, including casual information about popular culture
Popular culture
Popular culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the...
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