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-{{Infobox newspaper
-| name =Le Figaro
-| image = [[Image:FRA LF.jpg|200px|border|Front page]]
-| format = [[Berliner (format)|Berliner]]
-| foundation = 15 January 1826 <BR> as a daily newspaper: <BR> 16 November 1866
-| owners = [[Dassault Group]]
-| political = [[Centre-right]]
-| language = French
-| headquarters = 14 Boulevard Haussman <BR> F-75009 Paris
-| editor
-| website = [http://www.lefigaro.fr lefigaro.fr]
-| ISSN = 0182-5852
-}}
-'''''Le Figaro''''' ({{IPA-fr|lə fiɡaʁo}}) is a French daily [[newspaper]] founded in 1826 and published in [[Paris]]. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with [[Le Monde]] and [[Libération]], and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after [[''Aujourd'hui en France''|Le Parisien]] and before ''[[Le Monde]]'', but some regional papers have larger circulations. It has been generally well respected in post-World War II France.  Its editorial line is [[conservative]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/strausskahn-arrest-impacts-on-french-election-2284822.html
- | work=The Independant| title=Strauss-Kahn arrest impacts on French election | date=2011-05-16}}</ref>
-''Le Figaro'' is owned by ''Groupe Le Figaro'', whose publications include ''[[TV Magazine]]'' and ''[[Evene]]''. The company's chairman is [[Serge Dassault]], whose [[Dassault Group]] has controlled the paper since 2004.
-The paper was founded as a satirical weekly in 1826, taking its name and [[motto]] from ''[[The Marriage of Figaro(play)|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 freedom to criticise, there is no true praise".) It was published somewhat irregularly until 1854, when it was taken over by [[Hippolyte de Villemessant]]. By 1866 it had gained the greatest circulation of any newspaper in France; its first daily edition, that of 16 November 1866 sold 56,000 copies. Albert Wolff, [[Émile Zola]], [[Alphonse Karr]] and [[Jules Claretie]] were among the paper's early contributors.
-On 16 March 1914, [[Gaston Calmette]], the editor of ''Le Figaro'', was assassinated by [[Henriette Caillaux]], the wife of [[Finance Minister (France)|Finance Minister]] [[Joseph Caillaux]], after he published a letter that cast serious doubt on her husband's integrity.<ref>Sarah Sissmann and Christophe Barbier, [http://www.lexpress.fr/info/societe/dossier/faitdiv/dossier.asp?ida=429007 "Une épouse outragée"], ''[[L'Express (France)|L'Express]]'', 30 August 2004. Retrieved on 27 January 2007.</ref>
-By the start of [[World War II]], ''Le Figaro'' had become France's leading newspaper.  After the war it became the voice of the [[upper middle class]], and continues to maintain a conservative position.
-In 1922, ''Le Figaro'' was purchased by perfume millionaire [[François Coty]].<ref>Janet Flanner (3 May 1930),[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/articles/050314fr_archive01?050314fr_archive01 "Perfume and Politics"], ''[[The New Yorker]]''. Republished on 7 May 2005. Retrieved on 27 January 2007.</ref> In 1975, ''Le Figaro'' was bought by [[Robert Hersant]]'s [[Socpresse]]. In 1999, the [[Carlyle Group]] obtained a 40% stake in the paper, which it later sold in March 2002. {{As of|2004}}, ''Le Figaro'' is controlled by [[Serge Dassault]], a conservative businessman and politician best known for running the aircraft manufacturer [[Dassault Aviation]], which he inherited from his father, its founder, [[Marcel Dassault|Marcel]] (1892–1986).
-Controversial both inside and outside the newspaper is its ownership by a person who also controls a major military supplier, as well as being a [[mayor]] and [[French Senate|senator]] from the ruling [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]] party, and whose son [[Olivier Dassault]] is a member of the [[French National Assembly]] for the same party.<ref>[http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3236,36-381288,0.html "Dassault se sépare d'Yves de Chaisemartin"], ''Le Figaro'', 1 October 2004. Retrieved on 27 January 2007.</ref> In response, Dassault remarked in an interview on the public radio station [[France Inter]],<ref>[http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche_breve/1,13-0,37-880582,0.html "M. Dassault veut une presse aux « idées saines »"], ''[[Le Monde]]'', 12 December 2004. Retrieved on 27 January 2007.</ref> that "newspapers must promulgate healthy ideas", and that "left-wing ideas are not healthy ideas."
-''Le Figaro'' has published ''[[The New York Times International Weekly]]'' on Fridays since 2009. This 8-page supplement features a selection of articles from ''[[The New York Times]]'' translated into French.
-In 2010, [http://www.lefigaro.fr/ Lefigaro.fr] created a section called [http://plus.lefigaro.fr/cercle/le-figaro-in-english Le Figaro in English]<ref>http://plus.lefigaro.fr/cercle/le-figaro-in-english</ref>, which provides the global English-speaking community with daily original or translated content from Le Figaro’s website.
-==See also==
-{{Portal|Paris|Journalism}}
-* [[List of newspapers]]
-* ''[[Le Monde]]''
-* ''[[Libération]]''
-{{-}}
-==Footnotes==
-{{Reflist}}
-==External links==
-*[http://www.lefigaro.fr/ ''Le Figaro'' website] {{fr_icon}}
-*[http://mobile.lefigaro.fr/ Le Figaro mobile website] {{fr_icon}}
-*[http://iphone.lefigaro.fr Le Figaro iPhone website] {{fr_icon}}
-*[http://www.lefigaro.fr/static/redactions.html ''Le Figaro'' Group Masthead]
-*{{en icon}} [http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/listes/001/liste_type_article_54.asp Regular French Press Review] - Radio France International
-*[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb34355551z/date ''Le Figaro'' digital archives from 1826 to 1942] in [[Gallica]]
-*[http://www.ketupa.net/hersant2.htm Media profile of ''Le Figaro'' and Hersant.]
-*[http://www.thecarlylegroup.com/eng/geo/casestudy-755.html The Carlyle Group's explanation of its relationship with Le Figaro]
-*[http://www.ojd.com/engine/adhchif/chif_fiche.php?adhid=353 OJD Sheet]
-*[http://www.google.com/custom?q=Le+Figaro&sa=Google+Search&cof=GALT%3A0000CC%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2FWORLDMEETS.US%3BGL%3A0%3BVLC%3A0000FF%3BAH%3Aleft%3BBGC%3AE9f9E9%3BLH%3A90%3BLC%3A0000CC%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2FWORLDMEETS.US%2Fimagesui%2Fwalogo_siteid.gif%3BALC%3A0000CC%3BBIMG%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2FWORLDMEETS.US%2Fimages%2FUSAbkgd.jpg%3BLW%3A213%3BT%3A00354F%3BAWFID%3A834a24b6e0f3e242%3B&domains=WORLDMEETS.US&sitesearch=WORLDMEETS.US English translations of Le Figaro articles available through nonprofit journalism Web site WorldMeets.US]
-*[http://www.lefigaro.fr/publiredactionnel/larussiedaujourdhui/index.php La Russie d'Aujourdhui] on Le Figaro, produced by [[Russia Beyond the Headlines]]
-*[http://www.lefigaro.fr/magazine/20070504.MAG000000372_les_p_tits_cracks_contre_le_cancer.html ''L'Enfant et l'Art'', a Love & Art Children's Foundation art collection created under the guidance of Alécia de Menezes Seidler, auctioned to benefit the children of Les P'tits Cracks] Le Figaro, May 2007.
-*[http://plus.lefigaro.fr/cercle/le-figaro-in-english Le Figaro in English website] {{en icon}}
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