La Gazette (France)

La Gazette
Front page of La Gazette, 26 December 1786
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Founder(s)Théophraste Renaudot
Founded30 May 1631 (1631-05-30)
Political alignmentLegitimism,
Reactionary
LanguageFrench
Ceased publication1915 (1915)
HeadquartersParis, France

La Gazette (French pronunciation: [la ɡazɛt]), originally Gazette de France, was the first weekly magazine published in France. It was founded by Théophraste Renaudot and published its first edition on 30 May 1631. It progressively became the mouthpiece of one royalist faction, the Legitimists.[1] With the rise of modern news media and specialized and localized newspapers throughout the country in the early 20th century, La Gazette was finally discontinued in 1915.

  1. ^ Pascal Ory, "La nouvelle droite fin de siècle" in Nouvelle histoire des idées politiques (dir. P. Ory), Hachette Pluriel 1987, pp. 457–465 (in French)