''Le Matin de Paris'' was a French

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, founded on 1 March 1977 by Claude Perdriel, and disappearing in 1987 ("dépôt de bilan" on 6 May). Its foundation is the subject of the documentary ''Numéros zéro'' by

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History

The daily of the ''Nouvel Observateur''

Founded in 1977 by the

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of ''

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'', ''Le Matin de Paris'' shared its director, capital, journalists and structures with

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's weekly paper. These links were at first capitalistic in nature in which, by the bias of the SA ''Le Nouvel Observateur du Monde'' (with 2 million Francs) or by that of its CEO Claude Perdriel (with 2.24 million Francs), the weekly and its director controlled 53% of its initial capital. Later, in February 1978, ''Le Nouvel Observateur'' put 1 750 000 francs at ''Le Matins disposal, constituting new financial assistance opposed by the personnel of ''Le Nouvel Observateur''. This financial support was brought about on the daily newspaper's board of directors by a very strong presence of those responsible for ''Le Nouvel Observateur''. Thus, alongside his general administrator Bernard Villeneuve, "faithful right-arm of Claude Perdriel" in charge of the ''Observateur''s promotion and sales, are presently Gilles Martinet (co-founder of the ''Observateur''), Philippe Viannay (''Observateurs editorial advisor) and, until his death in May 1979, Jacques Deshayes (technical advisor and member of the committee of direction of ''Observateur''). This presence reinforced itself in April 1981 with the addition of

(editorial director of the ''Observateur'') and of Roger Priouret (editorial writer to RTL and to ''Observateur''), with only Roger Colombani (chief editor, assisting with the morning edition of ''

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'') not historically linked to the newspaper of the rue d'Aboukir.

A daily highly engaged on the side of the PS

The agony of ''Le Matin de Paris''

Figures on ''Le Matin de Paris''

* Barrigue, illustrator (19??) * Patrice Burnat * Hervé Chabalier * Guy Claisse * Maurice Clavel, columnist (1977–1979) *

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, columnist (1981–1985) * Jean-Edern Hallier (1983) *

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, chief-editor (1983-198?) * Bernard Langlois, editorial writer (1977–1981) * François-Henri de Virieu *

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* François Hollande *

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* Benoît Rayski * Christine Bravo * Françoise Xenakis * Henri Quiqueré, editor

Circulation figures

*1977 : 104,743 *1981 : 178,847 *1986 : 91,517

Notes

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