Le Monde

Le Monde (French for "The World") is a French daily evening newspaper with a circulation in 2002 of 389,200. It is considered the French newspaper of record, and is generally respected.

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Le Monde was founded by Hubert Beuve-M?ry at the request of General Charles de Gaulle after the German army was driven from Paris during World War II, and took over the format of Le Temps, whose reputation had suffered during the Occupation. Beuve-M?ry reportedly demanded total editorial independence as the condition for his taking on the project. Its first edition appeared on November 19, 1944. Le Monde has been available on the Internet since December 19, 1995.

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Its current board chairman and director of publication is Jean-Marie Colombani and the current chief editor (r?dacteur en chef) is G?rard Courtois. It is the principal publication of Groupe Le Monde.

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Le Monde was in the past often described as centre-left, but its editorial line may be more appropriately described nowadays as simply moderate. Some critics contend that its current line is, broadly speaking, biased against Jacques Chirac.

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Le Monde, the newspaper, should not be confused with the monthly publication Le Monde diplomatique, of which Le Monde has 51% ownership.

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Despite its reputation for quality reporting, in their 2003 book entitled La face cach?e du Monde ("The hidden face of Le Monde"), authors Pierre P?an and Philippe Cohen alleged that Colombani and Plenel had, amongst other things, shown partisan bias and engaged in financial dealings that compromised the paper's independence. These findings remain controversial.

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Recently the paper, like many other French newspapers, has faced declining readership.

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Le Monde related Images and Photos (experimental)

The First Regattas at Marseilles from 'Le Monde Illustre' 9th November 1861	Advertisement for the Publishing House Hetzel from "Le Monde Illustre " December 1883	Foreign Retrospective Galleries of the Trocadero India China Japan Le Monde Illustre 1878	Potato Botanical Plate from "La Botanique Mise a La Portee De Tout Le Monde"
Le Maitre du Monde	Bugatti: Le Champion Du Monde	Le Theatre Du Monde Ou Nouvel Atlas 1638	The Empire of Charlemagne from "Le Nouveau Theatre Du Monde " 1639
Queen Pomare IV (1827-77) of Tahiti and Her Husband Illustration from "Le Tour Du Monde"	Sharing (LE)	Le St. Germain	Le Nil