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• French
• English (digital translation)WEB, Le Monde launches digital English language edition, partly translated by AI,weblink Agence France-Presse, 8 April 2022, en, 7 April 2022, The Guardian, NEWS, Berthelot, Benoit, Le Monde Launches English Website on Eve of French Election,weblink Bloomberg News, 7 April 2022, 8 April 2022, }}

DATE=N.D. ALLIANCE POUR LES CHIFFRES DE LA PRESSE ET DES MéDIAS >LANGUAGE=FR URL-STATUS=LIVE ARCHIVE-DATE=20 JUNE 2023, 360,000 (digital, 2020)| headquarters = 67–69 Avenue Pierre Mendès-France 75707 Paris Cedex 13| publishing_country = France| ISSN = 0395-2037| eissn = 1950-6244| oclc = 833476932lemonde.fr}}}}' ({{IPA-fr|lə mɔ̃d|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Le Monde.wav}}; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including 40,000 sold abroad. It has been available online since 1995, and it is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It should not be confused with the monthly publication ', of which has 51% ownership, but which is editorially independent. The paper's journalistic side has a collegial form of organization, in which most journalists are tenured, unionized, and financial stakeholders in the business. While shareholders appoint the company's CEO, the editor is elected by Le Monde{{'}}s journalists to uphold the newsroom's independence.Le Monde has often broken major scandals, for instance, by directly implicating President François Mitterrand in the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand.In contrast to other world newspapers such as The New York Times, was traditionally focused on offering analysis and opinion, as opposed to being a newspaper of record. It de-emphasized maximum coverage of the news in favor of thoughtful interpretation of current events. In recent years the paper has established a greater distinction between fact and opinion.WEB,weblink June 2003,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120117123357weblink">weblink 17 January 2012, Le Monde, Portrait d'un quotidien, fr, Portrait of a daily, In the 1990s and 2000s, La Vie-Le Monde Group expanded under editor Jean-Marie Colombani with a number of acquisitions. However, its profitability was not sufficient to cover the large debts it took on to fund this expansion, and it sought new investors in 2010 to keep the company from bankruptcy. In June 2010, French investors Matthieu Pigasse, Pierre Bergé, and Xavier Niel acquired a controlling stake in the newspaper.WEB, Willsher, Kim,weblink Tycoons given go-ahead for financial takeover of Le Monde, The Guardian, 28 June 2010,

History

{{expand section|date=April 2022}} Le Monde began publishing a weekly digest edition in English on 23 April 1969.NEWS, L. Hess, John, John L. Hess, 13 April 1969, English Edition of Le Monde Due; Leading Paris Paper Starts Weekly Digest April 23,weblink live, The New York Times,weblink 20 June 2023, 20 June 2023, In December 2006, on the 60th anniversary of its publishing début,{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} moved into new headquarters in Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui, 13th arrondissement of Paris.WEB,weblink Mentions légales, fr, Le Monde, 5 July 2016, Editeur Société Éditrice du Monde [...] Dont le siège social est situé 80, boulevard Auguste-Blanqui – 75707 Paris cedex 13, The building—formerly the headquarters of Air France—was refashioned by Bouygues from the designs of Christian de Portzamparc. The building's façade has an enormous fresco adorned by doves (drawn by Plantu) flying towards Victor Hugo, symbolising freedom of the press.In 2008, was found guilty of defamation for saying that Spanish football club FC Barcelona was connected to a doctor involved in steroid use. The Spanish court fined the newspaper nearly $450,000.WEB, 15 January 2008, Barcelona wins lawsuit against French newspaper Le Monde,weblink 2 December 2013, USA Today, In April 2016, two reporters were denied visas to visit Algeria as part of the French Prime Minister press convoy to Algeria. The denial of visas to reporters caused some French media to boycott the event, including Libération, Le Figaro, and France Inter. had previously published the names of Algerian officials directly involved with the Panama Papers scandal.NEWS, April 9, 2016, French media boycott Valls' Algiers visit, Deutsche Welle,weblink October 8, 2021, NEWS, 2016-04-08, Algeria bans French journalist in row over Panama Papers, en, Reuters,weblink 2021-10-08, Coverage of the scandal in included a front-page photo of President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika. However, the paper clarified in its next edition that Bouteflika was not directly implicated, but maintained that his associates were. Bouteflika opened a libel suit against , which was later dropped after the newspaper apologised.NEWS, June 20, 2017, Algeria leader drops Panama Papers libel suit vs Le Monde, Yahoo! News, Agence France-Presse,weblink October 8, 2021, In 2014, Groupe Le Monde announced that would move into a new headquarters, also in the 13th arrondissement, around 2017, with space for 1,200 people.WEB, 5 November 2014, Un nouveau siège social pour le journal "Le Monde" en 2017,weblink 9 July 2016, L'Express, fr, Agence France Presse, In November 2023, Le Monde joined with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, {{ill|Paper trail media|lt=Paper Trail Media|de}} and 69 media partners including Distributed Denial of Secrets and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and more than 270 journalists in 55 countries and territoriesWEB, 2023-11-14, Inside Cyprus Confidential: The data-driven journalism that helped expose an island under Russian influence - ICIJ,weblink live,weblink 2023-11-30, 2023-12-24, en-US, WEB, 2023-11-14, About the Cyprus Confidential investigation - ICIJ,weblink live,weblink 2023-11-21, 2023-12-24, en-US, to produce the 'Cyprus Confidential' report on the financial network which supports the regime of Vladimir Putin, mostly with connections to Cyprus, and showed Cyprus to have strong links with high-up figures in the Kremlin, some of whom have been sanctioned.NEWS, 15 November 2023, Cyprus Confidential: Leaked Roman Abramovich documents raise fresh questions for Chelsea FC: ICIJ-led investigation reveals how Mediterranean island ignores Russian atrocities and western sanctions to cash in on Putin's oligarchs, en, The Irish Times,weblink 15 November 2023, WEB, 14 November 2023, Cyprus Confidential - ICIJ,weblink 14 November 2023, www.icij.org, Government officials including Cyprus president Nikos ChristodoulidesWEB, 2023-11-15, Cypriot president pledges government probe into Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ,weblink live,weblink 2023-12-14, 2023-12-24, en-US, and European lawmakersWEB, 2023-11-23, Lawmakers call for EU crackdown after ICIJ’s Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ,weblink live,weblink 2023-12-24, 2023-12-24, en-US, began responding to the investigation's findings in less than 24 hours,WEB, 2023-11-15, Cypriot president pledges government probe into Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ,weblink live,weblink 2023-12-14, 2023-12-24, en-US, calling for reforms and launching probes.WEB, 2023-11-14, Cyprus ignores Russian atrocities, Western sanctions to shield vast wealth of Putin allies - ICIJ,weblink live,weblink 2023-12-14, 2023-12-24, en-US, WEB, Solutions, BDigital Web, Finance Minister perturbed over 'Cyprus Confidential',weblink live,weblink 2023-12-24, 2023-12-24, knews.com.cy, Le Monde is regarded as France's leading newspaper of record.NEWS, n.d., France media guide,weblink live, en-GB, BBC News,weblink 19 June 2023, 20 June 2023, NEWS, Agnew, Harriet, 18 March 2019, Battle for future of France's Le Monde paper,weblink live, en-GB, Financial Times,weblink 8 April 2022, 20 June 2023,

Ownership

In June 2010, investors Matthieu Pigasse, Pierre Bergé, and Xavier Niel acquired a controlling stake in the newspaper. In October 2018, staff learned that Pigasse had sold 49% of his stake in the company to Czech businessman Daniel Křetínský. 's Independency Group, a minority shareholder that aims to protect the paper's editorial independence, had not been informed of the sale, and asked Pigasse and Křetínský to sign an "approval agreement" that would give the Independency Group the right to approve or reject any controlling shareholder. {{As of|2019|09}}, they had not done so.NEWS, Willsher, Kim, Le Monde journalists warn of threat to editorial independence,weblink 13 September 2019, The Guardian, 10 September 2019, NEWS, " We, "Le Monde" journalists... ",weblink 13 September 2019, Le Monde, 10 September 2019,

Publication schedule

Thus the latest edition can be found on newsstands from Monday to Friday included, while subscribers will receive it from Tuesday to Saturday.

LeMonde.fr

Starting in the 2000s allowed its subscribers to publish a blog on its website. These blogs were called the "les blogs abonnées du Monde.fr". On 10 April 2019, announced that it would be closing its blog platform on 5 June 2019.WEB,weblink La fin annoncée des blogs abonnées du Monde.fr, la fin du blog paysages sur les blogs leMonde.fr, 14 April 2019, Blogs le Monde on LeMonde.fr, 11 May 2019, fr, 4 May 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190504204009weblink">weblink dead, WEB,weblink Le Monde supprime tous les blogs qu'il héberge, 14 April 2019, Blogs le Monde on LeMonde.fr, 11 May 2019, fr, 17 April 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190417040416weblink">weblink dead, Although the reasons for the closing of the blogs were unclear, it could be linked to the dominance of social networks like Facebook.WEB,weblink La fin du blog paysages sur les blogs LeMonde.fr – Das Ende des Blog " paysages " auf den Blogs von Le Monde.fr, 23 April 2019, Blogs le Monde on LeMonde.fr, 11 May 2019, fr, de, 4 May 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190504093726weblink">weblink dead,

Politics

In 1981, backed the election of socialist François Mitterrand, partly on the grounds that the alternation of the political party in government would be beneficial to the democratic character of the state.MAGAZINE, Rodney Benson, Benson, Rodney, Spring 2004,weblink La fin du Monde? Tradition and Change in the French press, French Politics, Culture & Society, 22, 1, 108–126 [p. 111, and footnote 13, pp. 123–124], New York University, 31 January 2019, 11 December 2018,weblink dead, The paper endorsed centre-right candidate Édouard Balladur in the 1995 presidential election, and Ségolène Royal, the Socialist Party candidate, in the 2007 presidential election.

Reception

{{expand section|date=April 2022}}According to the Mitrokhin Archive investigators, (KGB codename VESTNIK, "messenger") was the KGB's key outlet for Soviet disinformation in the French media. The archive identified two senior journalists and several contributors who were used in the operations (see also the article on Russian influence operations in France).Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin: The Mitrokhin Archive. The KGB in Europe and the West. London, Penguin Books 2000, {{ISBN|978-0-14-028487-4}}, p. 613.Michel Legris, a former journalist with the paper, wrote Le Monde tel qu'il est (Le Monde as it is) in 1976. According to him, the journal minimized the atrocities the Cambodian Khmer Rouge committed.In their 2003 book titled La Face cachée du Monde (The Hidden face of "Le Monde"), authors Pierre Péan and Philippe Cohen alleged that Colombani and then-editor Edwy Plenel had shown, amongst other things, partisan bias and had engaged in financial dealings that compromised the paper's independence. It also accused the paper of dangerously damaging the authority of the French state by having revealed various political scandals (notably corruption scandals surrounding Jacques Chirac, the "Irish of Vincennes" affair, and the sinking of a Greenpeace boat, the Rainbow Warrior, by French intelligence under President François Mitterrand). This book remains controversial, but it attracted much attention and media coverage in France and worldwide at the time of its publication. Following a lawsuit, the authors and the publisher agreed in 2004 not to proceed with any reprinting.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}}

Directors

• Hubert Beuve-Méry (1944–1969)
• Jacques Fauvet (1969–1981)
• Claude Julien (1981–1982)
• André Laurens (1982–1985)
• André Fontaine (1985–1991)
• Jacques Lesourne (1991–1994)
• Jean-Marie Colombani (1994–2007)
• Éric Fottorino (2007–2010)
• Érik Izraelewicz (2011–2012)
• Alain Frachon (2012–2013)
• Natalie Nougayrède (2013–2014)
• Jérôme Fenoglio (2014–)

Recent circulation history{| class"wikitable center"

! Year !! 1999 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 align="center"! Total circulation| {{formatnum:289555}} {| class="wikitable center"! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 align="center"| 393,109

Prix littéraire du Monde

The Prix littéraire du Monde has been awarded annually by since 2013. It is awarded at the beginning of September to a novel published at the start of the French literary season—or "rentrée littéraire". The winner of the prize is chosen by a jury made up of journalists—literary journalists from Le Monde des livres, cultural or other editorial staff—chaired by the director of the newspaper.NEWS, Birnbaum, Jean, 8 September 2015, Le Monde remet son prix littéraire, fr, Le Monde,weblink 14 November 2021, ">

Winners{| class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" | Year! scope="col" | ! scope="col" | Author! scope="col" | Title! scope="col" | Publisher! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference}}| 201340px)| Yasmina Reza| Heureux les heureux| Éditions Stock| A "prix étranger" was also awarded to Kevin Powers for The Yellow BirdsDATE=22 MAY 2013 LANGUAGE=FR URL=HTTPS://WWW.LEMONDE.FR/LIVRES/ARTICLE/2013/05/22/LES-LIVRES-DU-MONDE_3415654_3260.HTML, 14 November 2021, | 201440px)| Emmanuel CarrèreThe Kingdom (Carrère novel)>Le Royaume| Éditions P.O.L| LE ROYAUME D'EMMANUEL CARRèRE REçOIT LE PRIX LITTéRAIRE DU MONDE >LANGUAGE=FR LIBéRATION >AGENCY=AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ACCESS-DATE=14 NOVEMBER 2021, | 201540px)| Agnès Desarthe| Ce cœur changeant| Éditions de l'Olivier| CE CœUR CHANGEANT D'AGNèS DESARTHE, PRIX LITTéRAIRE DU MONDE 2015 >LANGUAGE=FR URL=HTTPS://WWW.LEMONDE.FR/LIVRES/ARTICLE/2015/09/10/CE-C-UR-CHANGEANT-D-AGNES-DESARTHE-PRIX-LITTERAIRE-DU-MONDE-2015_4750503_3260.HTML, 10 November 2021, | 201640px)| Ivan Jablonka| Laëtitia ou la Fin des hommes| Éditions du Seuil| DATE=7 SEPTEMBER 2016 LE MONDE REMET SON PRIX LITTéRAIRE à LAëTITIA OU LA FIN DES HOMMES D'IVAN JABLONKA >LANGUAGE=FR URL=HTTPS://WWW.LEMONDE.FR/LIVRES/ARTICLE/2016/09/07/IVAN-JABLONKA-UN-HISTORIEN-QUI-RECOIT-UN-PRIX-LITTERAIRE-CELA-PEUT-SURPRENDRE_4994172_3260.HTML, 14 November 2021, | 201740px)| Alice Zeniter| L'Art de perdre| Éditions Flammarion| LAST2=LEYRIS DATE=6 SEPTEMBER 2017 LE MONDE REMET SON PRIX LITTéRAIRE à ALICE ZENITER POUR L'ART DE PERDRE >LANGUAGE=FR URL=HTTPS://WWW.LEMONDE.FR/LIVRES/ARTICLE/2017/09/06/LE-MONDE-REMET-SON-PRIX-LITTERAIRE-A-ALICE-ZENITER-POUR-L-ART-DE-PERDRE_5181957_3260.HTML, 14 November 2021, | 201840px)| Jérôme Ferrari| À son image| Actes Sud| LAST2=LEYRIS DATE=5 SEPTEMBER 2018 LE MONDE REMET SON PRIX LITTéRAIRE à JéRôME FERRARI POUR A SON IMAGE >LANGUAGE=FR URL=HTTPS://WWW.LEMONDE.FR/LIVRES/ARTICLE/2018/09/05/LE-MONDE-REMET-SON-PRIX-LITTERAIRE-A-JEROME-FERRARI-POUR-A-SON-IMAGE_5350791_3260.HTML, 14 November 2021, | 201940px)| Cécile Coulon| Une bête au paradis| Éditions de l'Iconoclaste| LAST2=BIRNBAUM DATE=4 NOVEMBER 2019 LE MONDE REMET SON PRIX LITTéRAIRE à CéCILE COULON POUR UNE BêTE AU PARADIS >LANGUAGE=FR URL=HTTPS://WWW.LEMONDE.FR/LIVRES/ARTICLE/2019/09/04/LE-MONDE-REMET-SON-PRIX-LITTERAIRE-A-CECILE-COULON-POUR-UNE-BETE-AU-PARADIS_5506468_3260.HTML, 14 November 2021, | 202040px)| Francesca Serra| Elle a menti pour les ailes| Éditions Anne Carrière|DATE=7 SEPTEMBER 2020 LE MONDE 2020 : "ALLER VOIR LES MONSTRES D'ANGOISSE QU'IL Y A DANS LES PROFONDEURS DE LA SUPERFICIALITé" >LANGUAGE=FR URL=HTTPS://WWW.LEMONDE.FR/LIVRES/ARTICLE/2020/09/07/FRANCESCA-SERRA-PRIX-LITTERAIRE-LE-MONDE-2020-ALLER-VOIR-LES-MONSTRES-D-ANGOISSE-QU-IL-Y-A-DANS-LES-PROFONDEURS-DE-LA-SUPERFICIALITE_6051304_3260.HTML, 14 November 2021, | 202140px)| Jean-Claude Grumberg| Jacqueline Jacqueline| Éditions du Seuil| DATE=8 SEPTEMBER 2021 LE MONDE 2021 POUR JACQUELINE JACQUELINE >LANGUAGE=FR URL=HTTPS://WWW.LEMONDE.FR/LIVRES/ARTICLE/2021/09/08/JEAN-CLAUDE-GRUMBERG-REMPORTE-LE-PRIX-LITTERAIRE-LE-MONDE-2021-POUR-JACQUELINE-JACQUELINE_6093944_3260.HTML, 14 November 2021, |2022||Mathieu Belezi|Attaquer la terre et le soleil|Le Tripode|LANGUAGE=FR URL=HTTPS://WWW.LEMONDE.FR/LIVRES/ARTICLE/2022/09/07/MATHIEU-BELEZI-REMPORTE-LE-PRIX-LITTERAIRE-LE-MONDE-2022-POUR-ATTAQUER-LA-TERRE-ET-LE-SOLEIL_6140619_3260.HTML, 2023-11-02, |2023thumb|40x40px)|Neige Sinno|Triste Tigre|Éditions P.O.L|LANGUAGE=FR URL=HTTPS://WWW.LEMONDE.FR/LIVRES/ARTICLE/2023/09/06/NEIGE-SINNO-REMPORTE-LE-PRIX-LITTERAIRE-LE-MONDE-2023-POUR-TRISTE-TIGRE_6188164_3260.HTML, 2023-11-02,

See also

• List of French newspapers
• Libération
• El País, newspaper in Spain inspired by Le Monde
• Jean-Louis de Rambures, journalist
• Henri Pierre, journalist

References

{{Reflist}}

Further reading

• Merrill, John C.; Harold A. Fisher (1980). The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers. pp. 202–10.

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