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''Le Monde'' ((:lə mɔ̃d); (英語:The World)) is a French daily evening newspaper founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry and continuously published in Paris since its first edition on 19 December 1944. It is one of the most important and widely respected newspapers in the world.〔(Le Monde ), Encyclopædia Britannica〕 It is one of two French newspapers of record along with ''Le Figaro'', and the main publication of La Vie-Le Monde Group. It reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website since 19 December 1995, and is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It should not be confused with the monthly publication ''Le Monde diplomatique'', of which ''Le Monde'' has 51% ownership, but which is editorially independent. The paper's journalistic side has a collegial form of organization, in which most journalists are not only tenured, but financial stakeholders in the enterprise as well, and participate in the elections of upper management and senior executives. In the 1990s and 2000s, La Vie-Le Monde Group expanded under editor Jean-Marie Colombani with a number of acquisitions. However, its profitability was not sufficient to cover the large debt loads it took on to fund this expansion, and it sought new investors in 2010 to keep the company out of bankruptcy. In June 2010, investors Matthieu Pigasse, Pierre Bergé, and Xavier Niel acquired a controlling stake in the newspaper.〔Willsher, Kim. ("Tycoons given go-ahead for financial takeover of Le Monde" ) ''The Guardian'', 28 June 2010〕 In contrast to other world newspapers such as ''The New York Times'', ''Le Monde'' was traditionally focused on offering analysis and opinion, as opposed to being a newspaper of record. Hence, it was considered less important for the paper to offer maximum coverage of the news than to offer thoughtful interpretation of current events. For instance, on the 10th anniversary of the sinking of the ''Rainbow Warrior'', the newspaper directly implicated François Mitterrand, who was the French president at the time, in the operation. In recent years, however, the paper has established a greater distinction between fact and opinion.〔(Le Monde — Portrait d'un quotidien )〕 ==Editorial stance== ''Le Monde'' was founded in 1944〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mheducation.co.uk/openup/chapters/9780335236220.pdf )〕 at the request of General Charles de Gaulle after the German army was driven from Paris during World War II, and took over the headquarters and layout of ''Le Temps'', which was the most important newspaper in France before but whose reputation had suffered during the Occupation. Beuve-Méry reportedly demanded total editorial independence as the condition for his taking on the project. In 1981 it backed the election of Socialist François Mitterrand on the grounds that alternation of the political party in government would be beneficial to the country. The paper endorsed centrist candidate Édouard Balladur in the 1995 presidential election and Ségolène Royal, the Socialist Party candidate, in the 2007 presidential election. 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 Monde」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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