''Le Figaro Magazine'' is a

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weekly

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published in Paris, France. The magazine is the weekly supplement of the daily newspaper ''

Le Figaro ''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of r ...

''.

History and profile

The magazine is the first supplement of ''Le Figaro'' newspaper. It was established in 1978, when ''Le Figaro Littéraire'' was renamed as ''Le Figaro Magazine''. Louis Pauwels was functional in its start and was appointed its director. His daughter, Marie-Claire Pauwels, worked as fashion director of the magazine from 1980 to 2006. The magazine is part of the Figaro Group which also owns the daily newspaper ''Le Figaro'' and the magazines '' Le Particulier'' and '' Madame Figaro Magazine''. ''Le Figaro Magazine'' is published by Société du Figaro S.A. on a weekly basis and is sold with ''Le Figaro'' on Saturdays. The headquarters of ''Le Figaro Magazine'' is in Paris. It provides articles on news about political events and current affairs. The weekly also features articles concerning art, music and literature. The magazine has a

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stance as ''Le Figaro''. One of the concepts the magazine opposes is

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, which refers to non-European

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. The weekly supported the

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movement in France. Some

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members, an

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, sit on the editorial team of the magazine. Louis Pauwels, who directed and founded the magazine, was a member of GRECE, and

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, founder of the organization, was also one of the regular contributors. This close connection between the magazine and GRECE continued until 1980. Although the magazine remained loyal to its conservative stance, it began to support for

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. served as the

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of the weekly.

Controversy

In 1995 ''Le Figaro Magazine'' and ''Le Figaro'' newspaper were sentenced to pay damages following the publication of an article by Victor Loupan which claimed that the

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academics were destroying the French literature. Specific targets of the criticism were two American literary scholars, Susan Rubin Suleiman and

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, who sued the publications.

Circulation

By the end of 1979, ''Le Figaro Magazine'' had nearly half a million readers. The magazine sold 497,585 copies during the 2003-2004 period. The circulation of the magazine was 448,000 copies during the 2007–2008 period. In 2009, its circulation was 424,385 copies. In 2013, the magazine had a circulation of 431,865 copies. Its circulation fell to 408,361 copies in 2014.

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