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''Le Figaro'' ((:lə fiɡaʁo)) is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris.〔(Le Figaro (French Newspaper) ), Encyclopædia Britannica〕 It is often compared to its main competitor, ''Le Monde''.〔"Le Monde, whose print edition comes out around lunchtime, was launched at the end of Nazi occupation of France in 1944 and took on the role of France's newspaper of record alongside the more conservative Le Figaro." - (France's Le Monde newspaper editor quits after power struggle with staff ), Reuters, May the 14th, 2014〕 Its editorial line is center-right. It is the second-largest national newspaper in France after ''Le Parisien'' and before ''Le Monde'', although some regional papers have larger circulations. The newspaper is owned by Le Figaro Group, whose publications include ''TV Magazine'' and ''Evene''. The company's chairman is Serge Dassault, whose Dassault Group has controlled the paper since 2004.〔(The press in France ), BBC News〕 ==History== ''Le Figaro'' was founded as a satirical weekly in 1826, taking its name and motto from ''Le Mariage de Figaro'', a play by Beaumarchais that poked fun at privilege. Its motto, from Figaro's monologue in the play's final act, is "''Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n'est point d'éloge flatteur''" ("Without the freedom to criticise, there is no true praise"). In 1833, editor Nestor Roqueplan fought a duel with a Colonel Gallois, who was offended by an article in ''Le Figaro'', and was wounded but recovered. Albert Wolff, Émile Zola, Alphonse Karr and Jules Claretie were among the paper's early contributors. It was published somewhat irregularly until 1854, when it was taken over by Hippolyte de Villemessant. In 1866 ''Le Figaro'' became a daily newspaper.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mheducation.co.uk/openup/chapters/9780335236220.pdf )〕 Its first daily edition, that of 16 November 1866, sold 56,000 copies, having highest circulation of any newspaper in France. Its editorial line was royalist.〔Alan Grubb, (The Politics of Pessimism: Albert de Broglie and Conservative Politics in the Early Third Republic )〕 On 16 March 1914, Gaston Calmette, the editor of ''Le Figaro'', was assassinated by Henriette Caillaux, the wife of Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux, after he published a letter that cast serious doubt on her husband's integrity.〔Sarah Sissmann and Christophe Barbier, ("Une épouse outragée" ), ''L'Express'', 30 August 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2007.〕 In 1922, ''Le Figaro'' was purchased by perfume millionaire François Coty.〔Janet Flanner (3 May 1930),("Perfume and Politics" ), ''The New Yorker''. Republished 7 May 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2007.〕 Abel Faivre did cartoons for the paper. By the start of World War II, ''Le Figaro'' had become France's leading newspaper. After the war it became the voice of the upper middle class, and continues to maintain a conservative position. In 1975, ''Le Figaro'' was bought by Robert Hersant's Socpresse. In 1999, the Carlyle Group obtained a 40% stake in the paper, which it later sold in March 2002. Since March 2004 ''Le Figaro'' has been controlled by Serge Dassault,〔 a conservative businessman and politician best known for running the aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation, which he inherited from his father, its founder, Marcel (1892–1986). Dassault owns 80% of the paper.〔 ''Le Figaro'' switched to Berliner format in 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=505 )〕 The paper has published ''The New York Times International Weekly'' on Friday since 2009, an 8-page supplement featuring a selection of articles from ''The New York Times'' translated into French. In 2010, Lefigaro.fr created a section called Le Figaro in English,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mon Figaro - Cercle - Le Figaro in English - articles )〕 which provides the global English-speaking community with daily original or translated content from ''Le Figaro''’s website. The section ended in 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Le Figaro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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