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Le Nouvel Observateur (often shorten to Le Nouvel Obs) is a weekly French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 newsmagazine
Newsmagazine

A newsmagazine, also spelled news magazine, is usually a weekly magazine featuring articles or segments on current events. News magazines generally go more in-depth into stories than newspapers or television news, trying to give the reader an understanding of the context surrounding important events, rather than just the facts....
. It is the most prominent French general information magazine based in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 in terms of audience and circulation (currently at 538,200).

Since 1964, it has covered political, business and economic news. It features extensive coverage of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an, Middle East
Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
ern and Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
n political, commercial and cultural issues.






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Le Nouvel Observateur (often shorten to Le Nouvel Obs) is a weekly French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 newsmagazine
Newsmagazine

A newsmagazine, also spelled news magazine, is usually a weekly magazine featuring articles or segments on current events. News magazines generally go more in-depth into stories than newspapers or television news, trying to give the reader an understanding of the context surrounding important events, rather than just the facts....
. It is the most prominent French general information magazine based in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 in terms of audience and circulation (currently at 538,200).

Since 1964, it has covered political, business and economic news. It features extensive coverage of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an, Middle East
Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
ern and Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
n political, commercial and cultural issues. Its strongest areas are political and literary matters and is noted for its in-depth treatment of the main issues of the day. It has been described as "the French intellectuals' parish magazine".

The magazine's new charter, adopted June 2004 (on the 40th anniversary of its founding), described the paper's principles:
...The Nouvel Observateur is a cultural and political weekly whose orientation belongs within the general social-democratic
Social democracy

Social democracy is a political philosophy of the left-wing politics or centre-left that emerged in the late 19th century from the socialism movement and continues to exert influence worldwide....
 movement. A tradition ever concerned with combining respect for freedom and the quest for social justice.


Its current editorial board is presided over by two of its co-founders, Jean Daniel
Jean Daniel

Jean Daniel, is an Algerian-born Jews of France journalist and author. He is the founder and executive editor of Le Nouvel Observateur weekly....
 and Claude Perdriel, two editors-in-chief, Laurent Joffrin and Serge Lafaurie, as well as director general, Jacqueline Galvez. André Gorz
André Gorz

Andr? Gorz , also known by his pen name Michel Bosquet, was an Austrian and France Social philosophy. Also a journalist, he co-founded Le Nouvel Observateur weekly in 1964....
 and other journalists who had left L'Express
L'Express

L'Express is the name of:*L'Express , the first news magazine in France*L'Express Airlines, a commuter airline in the southern USA between 1989-1992....
 helped found the publication.

Publishing history

  • Founded in 1950, it was initially named L'Observateur politique, economique et littéraire
  • From 1953 to 1954 it was briefly called L'Observateur d'aujourd'hui
  • From 1954 to 1964 it was published as France-observateur
  • From 1964 to the present day it has been known as Le Nouvel Observateur


Jean Daniel
Jean Daniel

Jean Daniel, is an Algerian-born Jews of France journalist and author. He is the founder and executive editor of Le Nouvel Observateur weekly....
 and Claude Perdriel were the founders of the 1964 incarnation of the magazine.

Related publications

Le Nouvel Observateur also publishes ParisObs, a general information supplement with a focus on Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 and the Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)

?le-de-France is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area. Created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961, it was renamed as the "?le-de-France" r?gion in 1976 when its administrative status was aligned with the other French administrative regions created in 1...
 region, also published weekly.

Additionally, the TéléCinéObs supplement includes articles about the TV and cinema
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 worlds.

Finally, Challenges is an international business magazine published by Le Nouvel Observateur beginning in 1982. Released fortnight
Fortnight

The fortnight is a unit of time equivalent to fourteen days. The word derives from the Old English language feorwertyne niht, meaning "fourteen nights"....
ly, it includes information on companies and their managers at the CEO level all around the world.

External links

  • , Nouvel Observateur, French newspaper, May 19, 2005, by Marie Lemonnier.


See also

  • L'Express
    L'Express (France)

    L'Express is France's first weekly news magazine. When founded in 1953 during the First Indochina War, it was modelled on the United States magazine TIME....
     - right-wing newsmagazine, owned by the same group as Le Figaro
    Le Figaro

    Le Figaro is one of the leading France morning daily newspapers. Its editorial line is Conservatism and has generally been supportive of the Rally for the Republic political party and its successor, the Union for a Popular Movement ....
  • Le Point
    Le Point

    Le Point is a France weekly news magazine. It was founded in 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of L'Express , which was then owned by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, a d?put? of the Radical Party ....
     - middle-of-the-road newsmagazine
  • Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous
    Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous

    Voyage au pays des nouveaux gourous , a controversial television documentary, presented an investigation of the activities of Landmark Education....
    , France 3
    France 3

    France 3 is the second largest France public television channel and part of the France T?l?visions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5, and France ?....
     documentary on Landmark Education
    Landmark Education

    Landmark Education Limited liability company as of 2007, offers self help programs delivered in approximately 115 locations throughout over 20 countries worldwide, including major cities such as London, New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, and Toronto....
    , reported on by Nouvel Observateur