Le Parisien

Le Parisien is a French daily newspaper focused on news from Paris and its surrounding region, with a national edition known as Aujourd'hui en France. Aimed at a broad general readership, it covers local, national, and international news, sport, and society. It maintains a generally centrist orientation and reaches large audiences through print and online.

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Le Parisien at a glance

Country: France
Region: Western Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1944
Owner: LVMH
Published from: Paris
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How Crosswire groups Le Parisien

Crosswire groups Le Parisien as Centrist for comparisons within France's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In France, Libération and Mediapart are listed as Left-leaning, while Le Figaro and Le Point are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Le Parisien beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Le Parisien sits in France's press

Le Parisien was founded in 1944, is published from Paris and is owned by LVMH. It is one of 11 outlets tracked in France, and one of 5 daily newspapers among them — the others being Le Monde, Le Figaro, Libération and 20 Minutes. By outlets tracked, France ranks third of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Le Parisien outside France, starting with Western Europe, are Der Standard (Austria), NZZ (Switzerland), Luxembourg Times (Luxembourg) and Monaco-Matin (Monaco). Opening one of them beside Le Parisien is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.