Mass media in France
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Compared to other European nations, the French are not avid newspaper readers, citing only 164 adults out of every 1000 as newspaper readers.[citation needed]
The French press was healthiest in the aftermath of World War II. A year after the end of the war, 28 papers had a combined circulation of about 7 million. However, seven years later that figure had been nearly halved.[citation needed] This decline was principally due to the greater popularity of the broadcast media and the subsequent diversion of advertising revenues. Since 2000 newly produced free papers have further weakened the established press. Still, 80 daily papers remain, and there are a wide range of weeklies, many of which now feature internet sites.
Regional papers have remained relatively unaffected by the decline, with provincial newspapers commanding a higher degree of reader loyalty. For example, Ouest-France, sells almost twice as many copies as any of the national dailies.
Books[]
- Hachette Livre
- Editis
Newspapers[]
In the early 21st century, the best-selling daily was the regional Ouest-France in 47 local editions, followed by Le Progres of Lyon, La Voix du Nord in Lille, and Provençal in Marseille. In Paris the Communists published l'Humanite while Le Monde and Figaro had local rivals in Le Parisien, L'Aurore and the leftist Libération.
Daily newspapers and circulation[]
Below are the circulation figures of France's national daily newspapers from the Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias
(updated: 30/03/2021)
Title | style="background:black
" | 2020[1] |
---|---|
Le Monde | 393 109 |
Le Figaro | 331 927 |
Le Parisien/Aujourd’hui en France | 264 952 |
L'Équipe | 217 068 |
Les Échos | 133 429 |
La Croix | 86 440 |
Libération | 76 522 |
L'Humanité | 37 611 |
Regional daily newspapers[]
Title | Reader circulation (2020)[2] | Publisher | Region of circulation |
---|---|---|---|
Le Parisien | 180 854 | Amaury | Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-d\'Oise, Essonne, Yvelines, Seine-et-Marne, Oise |
La Montagne | 137 245 | Centre-France | Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal, Allier, Haute-Loire, Creuse, Corrèze, Haute-Vienne |
25 381 | Centre-France | Loiret, Eure-et-Loir | |
22 038 | Centre-France | Yonne | |
27 098 | Centre-France | Haute-Vienne, Corrèze, Creuse | |
Centre-France | Eure-et-Loir, Yvelines | ||
24 906 | Centre-France | Cher, Indre | |
19 771 | Centre-France | Nièvre | |
Le Dauphiné libéré | 173 617 | EBRA | Drôme, Ardèche, Hautes-Alpes, Isère, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Vaucluse |
Le Progrès | 151 697 | EBRA | Loire, Rhône, Ain, Jura, Haute-Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Côte-d'Or |
107 578 | EBRA | Doubs, Haute-Saône, Territoire-de-Belfort, Vosges, Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace | 126 031 | EBRA | Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin |
L'Alsace-Le Pays | EBRA | Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin | |
Le Journal de Saône-et-Loire | 44 795 | EBRA | Saône-et-Loire |
33 873 | EBRA | Côte-d'Or, Yonne | |
30 661 | EBRA | Vosges | |
18 420 | EBRA | Haute-Marne | |
79 583 | Hersant Média | Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | |
71 539 | Hersant Média | Marne, Aisne, Ardennes | |
Nice-Matin | 60 744 | Hersant Média | Alpes-Maritimes, Var, Haute-Corse, Corse-du-Sud |
38 252 | Hersant Média | Seine-Maritime, Eure, Yvelines | |
42 976 | Hersant Média | Var | |
Corse-Matin | 26 066 | Hersant Média | Haute-Corse, Corse-du-Sud |
21 718 | Hersant Média | Aube | |
La Dépêche du Midi | 120 807 | la Dépêche | Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne, Tarn, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Ariège, Aveyron, Aude, Lot-et-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées |
La Nouvelle République des Pyrénées | 8 961 | la Dépêche | Hautes-Pyrénées |
La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest | NRCO | Indre, Cher, Vienne, Deux-Sèvres, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher | |
La Voix du Nord | 196 531 | Rossel | Pas-de-Calais, Nord |
45 323 | Rossel | Somme, Oise, Aisne | |
Nord éclair | Rossel | Nord | |
Ouest-France | 625 896 | SIPA - Ouest-France | Calvados, Orne, Manche, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan, Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Mayenne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Vendée, Paris |
76 870 | SIPA - Ouest-France | Maine-et-Loire, Deux-Sèvres | |
Le Maine libre | 34 804 | SIPA - Ouest-France | Sarthe |
SIPA - Ouest-France | Manche | ||
22 637 | SIPA - Ouest-France | Loire-Atlantique | |
Sud Ouest | 211 197 | Sud Ouest | Charente, Charente-Maritime, Dordogne, Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Gers |
87 001 | Sud Ouest | Hérault, Lozère, Gard, Aude, Pyrénées-Orientales, Aveyron | |
41 386 | Sud Ouest | Pyrénées-Orientales, Aude | |
27 972 | Sud Ouest | Charente | |
26 115 | Sud Ouest | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
16 268 | Sud Ouest | Aveyron | |
Le Télégramme (de Brest) | 177 880 | Télégramme | Finistère, Côtes d'Armor, Morbihan |
Haute-Vienne, Corrèze, Creuse, Dordogne avec L'Écho Dordogne, Indre avec la Marseillaise du Berry | |||
9 076 | Haute-Loire | ||
Le Républicain lorrain | 86 002 | Moselle, Nord de la Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
Bouches-du-Rhône, Gard, Var, Vaucluse |
Television channels[]
The list below does not include Cable and Satellite television channels.
- Main networks
- TF1 – private
- Canal+ – private
- M6 – private
- France 2 – public
- France 3 – public
- France 5 – public
- Arte – public France/Germany
- TV5Monde – worldwide broadcast of national programming of francophone countries (France, Swiss, Belgium, Canada) made by Television Suisse Romande, Radio-Canada, RTBF, France 2, France 3, Arte
- 24/7 news channels
- Musical Channels
- D17 – private
- MCM – private
- W9 – private
- MTV France – private
- Others
- D8 – private
- TMC – private
- AB1 – private
- NRJ 12 – private
- France 4 – Public
- La Chaîne parlementaire – the parliamentary channel – political programming (French version of C-SPAN)
Radio stations in France[]
- Chérie FM
- Essentiel Radio
- Europe 1
- Virgin Radio
- Fun Radio (France)
- Nostalgie
- NRJ
- Phare FM
- Radio FG
- Radio France
- RMC (France)
- RTL
- RTL2
- Skyrock
See also[]
- Culture of France
- History of French journalism
- Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française
- Telecommunications in France
- Open access in France
References[]
- ^ L'Alliance pour les Chiffres de la Presse et des Médias. "Chiffre de la presse Quotidienne Nationale". www.acpm.fr. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ L'Alliance pour les Chiffres de la Presse et des Médias. "Classement Diffusion Presse Quotidienne Régionale 2020". www.acpm.fr. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
Bibliography[]
- Euromedia Research Group; Mary Kelly; et al., eds. (2004). "France". Media in Europe (3rd ed.). Sage Publications. pp. 65–77. ISBN 978-0-7619-4132-3.
- Harcourt, Alison (2006). European Union Institutions and the Regulation of Media Markets. London, New York City: Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-6644-1.
External links[]
- Mass media in France
- Mass media by country
- Mass media in Europe by country