Le Figaro

Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is the oldest and second-largest national newspaper in France after Aujourd'hui en France and before Le Monde. "Le Journal de Beaumarchais"—nicknamed for its Beaumarchais' character name Figaro —is regarded as a national newspaper of record. Its editorial line is center-right and has generally been supportive of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Its circulation... more

Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is the oldest and second-largest national newspaper in France after Aujourd'hui en France and before Le Monde. "Le Journal de Beaumarchais"—nicknamed for its Beaumarchais' character name Figaro —is regarded as a national newspaper of record. Its editorial line is center-right and has generally been supportive of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Its circulation was 320,003 in 2008 (366,529 in 2001). Le Figaro is owned by Socpresse, also known as Groupe Le Figaro, which publishes many other newspapers, magazines, web sites and television channels. The company's chairman is Serge Dassault, whose group has controlled the paper since 2004. The Parisian paper was founded as a satirical weekly in 1826, taking its name and motto from Le Mariage de Figaro, a play by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. (The motto, "Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n'est point d'éloge flatteur" translates as "Without the... less