Le Matin de Paris
Le Matin de Paris was a French
daily newspaper, founded on 1 March 1977 by Claude Perdriel, and disappearing in 1987 ("dépôt de bilan" on 6 May). Its foundation is the subject of the documentary Numéros zéro by Raymond Depardon
.
History
The daily of the Nouvel Observateur
Founded in 1977 by the
Le Nouvel Observateur, Le Matin de Paris shared its director, capital, journalists and structures with Jean Daniel
's weekly paper.
These links were at first capitalistic in nature in which, by the bias of the SA Le Nouvel Observateur du Monde (with 2 million Francs) or by that of its CEO Claude Perdriel (with 2.24 million Francs), the weekly and its director controlled 53% of its initial capital. Later, in February 1978, Le Nouvel Observateur put 1 750 000 francs at Le Matin's disposal, constituting new financial assistance opposed by the personnel of Le Nouvel Observateur.
This financial support was brought about on the daily newspaper's board of directors by a very strong presence of those responsible for Le Nouvel Observateur. Thus, alongside his general administrator
France Soir
) not historically linked to the newspaper of the rue d'Aboukir.
A daily highly engaged on the side of the PS
The agony of Le Matin de Paris
Figures on Le Matin de Paris
- Barrigue, illustrator (19??)
- Patrice Burnat
- Hervé Chabalier
- Guy Claisse
- Maurice Clavel, columnist (1977–1979)
- Bernard Frank, columnist (1981–1985)
- Jean-Edern Hallier (1983)
- Jean-François Kahn, chief-editor (1983-198?)
- Boris Kidel, editor
- Bernard Langlois, editorial writer (1977–1981)
- François-Henri de Virieu
- Max Gallo
- François Hollande
- Alexandre Adler
- Benoît Rayski
- Christine Bravo
- Françoise Xenakis
- Henri Quiqueré, editor
Circulation figures
- 1977 : 104,743
- 1981 : 178,847
- 1986 : 91,517
