Le Figaro

Le Figaro
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Front page of 22 November 2015
TypeDaily newspaper
(since 16 November 1866)
FormatBerliner
Owner(s)Groupe Figaro (Dassault Group)
EditorAlexis Brézet[1]
Founded15 January 1826; 198 years ago (1826-01-15)
Political alignment
LanguageFrench
Headquarters14 Boulevard Haussmann
75009 Paris
CountryFrance
Circulation354,853 (total, 2022)[7]
84,000 (digital, 2018)[8]
ISSN0182-5852 (print)
1638-606X (web)
OCLC number473539292
Websitewww.lefigaro.fr

Le Figaro (French: [lə fiɡaʁo] ) is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in a play by polymath Beaumarchais (1732–1799); one of his lines became the paper's motto: "Without the freedom to criticise, there is no flattering praise".

The oldest national newspaper in France, Le Figaro is one of three French newspapers of record, along with Le Monde and Libération.[9] Since 2004, the newspaper has been owned by Dassault Group. Its editorial director has been Alexis Brézet since 2012.[10] Le Figaro is the second-largest national newspaper in France, after Le Monde.[11] It has a centre-right editorial stance and is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.[9] Other Groupe Figaro publications include Le Figaro Magazine, TV Magazine and Evene. The paper is published in Berliner format.

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  8. ^ Le Figaro internationalmediasales.net
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  10. ^ "The press in France". 11 November 2006 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  11. ^ "Quel bilan pour la presse en 2020?" [What balance sheet for the press in 2020?]. Europe 1 (in French). Agence France-Presse. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2023.