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Do not fill this in! ===Media=== {{Main|Telecommunications in France}} [[File:Siège_Figaro,_14_boulevard_Haussmann,_Paris_9e.jpg|thumb|''[[Le Figaro]]'' was founded in 1826 and it is still considered a [[newspaper of record]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Le Figaro |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |date=5 October 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/206556/Le-Figaro}}</ref>]] In 2021, regional daily newspapers, such as ''[[Ouest-France]]'', ''[[Sud Ouest (newspaper)|Sud Ouest]]'', ''[[La Voix du Nord (daily)|La Voix du Nord]]'', ''[[Dauphiné Libéré]]'', ''[[Le Télégramme]]'', and ''[[Le Progrès]]'', more than doubled the sales of national newspapers, such as ''[[Le Monde]]'', ''[[Le Figaro]]'', ''[[L'Équipe]]'' (sports), ''[[Le Parisien]]'', and ''[[Les Echos (France)|Les Echos]]'' (finance). Free dailies, distributed in metropolitan centers, continue to increase their market share.<ref>{{Cite web | website = acpm.fr | date = 2022 | title = L'observatoire de la presse et des médias de L'APCM 2022 | url = https://www.acpm.fr/Media/Files/Plaquette-Observatoire-2022}}</ref> The sector of weekly magazines includes more than 400 specialised weekly magazines published in the country.<ref>{{In lang|fr}} Observatoire de la Presse, [http://observatoire.ojd.com/report/visu/obs/20/do/GP_PMAG Presse Magazine – Synthèse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929204536/http://observatoire.ojd.com/report/visu/obs/20/do/GP_PMAG|date=29 September 2010}}</ref> The most influential news magazines are the left-wing ''[[L'Obs|Le Nouvel Observateur]]'', centrist ''[[L'Express (France)|L'Express]]'' and right-wing ''[[Le Point]]'' (in 2009 more than 400,000 copies),<ref>{{In lang|fr}} Observatoire de la Presse, [http://observatoire.ojd.com/report/visu/obs/20/do/GP_NEWS Presse News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929204512/http://observatoire.ojd.com/report/visu/obs/20/do/GP_NEWS|date=29 September 2010}}</ref> but the highest circulation numbers for weeklies are attained by TV magazines and by women's magazines, among them ''[[Marie Claire]]'' and ''[[ELLE]]'', which have foreign versions. Influential weeklies also include investigative and satirical papers ''[[Le Canard Enchaîné]]'' and ''[[Charlie Hebdo]]'', as well as ''[[Paris Match]]''. As in most industrialised nations, the print media have been affected by a [[Newspaper crisis|severe crisis]] with the rise of the internet. In 2008, the government launched a major initiative to help the sector reform and become financially independent,<ref>''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/3125110/Nicolas-Sarkozy-French-media-faces-death-without-reform.html Nicolas Sarkozy: French media faces 'death' without reform] 2 October 2008</ref><ref>French government portal, [http://www.gouvernement.fr/gouvernement/lancement-des-etats-generaux-de-la-presse Lancement des états généraux de la presse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625023755/http://www.gouvernement.fr/gouvernement/lancement-des-etats-generaux-de-la-presse|date=25 June 2010}} 2 October 2008 [Launching of General State of written media]</ref> but in 2009 it had to give 600,000 euros to help the print media cope with the [[Global financial crisis of 2008–2009|economic crisis]], in addition to existing subsidies.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Angelique |last=Chrisafis |date=23 January 2009 |title=Sarkozy pledges €600m to newspapers |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jan/23/sarkozy-pledges-state-aid-to-newspapers |access-date=21 June 2012}}</ref> In 1974, after years of centralised monopoly on radio and television, the governmental agency [[ORTF]] was split into several national institutions, but the three already-existing TV channels and four national radio stations<ref>Radio France, "L'entreprise", [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722004341/http://www.radiofrance.fr/lentreprise/reperes/statuts Repères]. Landmarks of Radio France company</ref><ref name="mediapol">{{In lang|fr}} Vie Publique, [http://www.vie-publique.fr/politiques-publiques/politique-audiovisuel/chronologie Chronologie de la politique de l'audiovisuel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513064756/http://www.vie-publique.fr/politiques-publiques/politique-audiovisuel/chronologie/|date=13 May 2011}} 20 August 2004 [Chronology of policy for audiovisual]</ref> remained under state control. It was only in 1981 that the government allowed free broadcasting in the territory, ending the state monopoly on radio.<ref name=mediapol/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). 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