''Le Journal'' (The Journal) was a

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daily

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published from 1892 to 1944 in a small, four-page format.

Background

It was founded and edited by Fernand Arthur Pierre Xau until 1899. It was bought and managed by the family of Henri Letellier in 1899 and became "the most Parisian, the most literary, and the most boulevardier of the newspapers of Paris" (Simon Arbellot, see

Curnonsky Maurice Edmond Sailland (October 12, 1872, Angers, France – July 22, 1956, Paris), better known by his pen-name Curnonsky (nicknamed 'Cur'), and dubbed the Prince of Gastronomy, was one of the most celebrated writers on gastronomy in Franc ...

). During World War I, ''Le Journal'' was at the center of an intrigue involving

Paul Bolo Bolo Pasha, originally named Paul Bolo, (24 September 1867, Marseilles – 17 April 1918, Vincennes) was a Frenchman who was a Levantine financier, traitor, and a German agent. ''The New York Times'' wrote that he "circumnavigated the globe, enga ...

, the essence of which was that the German government was alleged to be attempting to gain influence in France and promote pacifist propaganda by buying French newspapers. It is understood that during part of its existence it was located at 100 Rue Richelieu Paris. Source - Contemporary Medallion ( undated ). After the fall of

on 14 June 1940, it fell back to

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, then

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

, then

again, and finally

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

. It had various supplements: ''Le Journal pour tous'', 1891–1906; ''La Mode du Journal'', 1896–1898; ''La Vraie mode'', 1898–1913; ''Le Journal (Édition du littoral)'', 1907–1911. 1892 establishments in France 1944 disestablishments in France Publications established in 1892 Publications disestablished in 1944 Defunct newspapers published in France French Third Republic Newspapers of the Vichy regime Newspapers published in Paris Mass media in Limoges Mass media in Marseille Mass media in Lyon Daily newspapers published in France {{france-newspaper-stub