20 Minutes

20 Minutes is a French free daily newspaper and news website aimed at a broad general audience, distributed in major cities. It provides concise coverage of national news, local affairs, society, sport, and culture. The outlet maintains a generally centrist orientation and reaches large audiences through both its free print distribution and its online platform.

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20 Minutes at a glance

Country: France
Region: Western Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 2002
Owner: Groupe Rossel and Sipa Ouest-France
Published from: Paris
Website: 20minutes.fr ↗
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How Crosswire groups 20 Minutes

Crosswire groups 20 Minutes as Centrist for comparisons within France's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In France, Libération and Mediapart are listed as Left-leaning, while Le Figaro and Le Point are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open 20 Minutes beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where 20 Minutes sits in France's press

20 Minutes was founded in 2002, is published from Paris and is owned by Groupe Rossel and Sipa Ouest-France. It is one of 11 outlets tracked in France, and one of 5 daily newspapers among them — the others being Le Monde, Le Figaro, Libération and Le Parisien. By outlets tracked, France ranks third of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to 20 Minutes outside France, starting with Western Europe, are The Irish Times (Ireland), Morgunblaðið (Iceland), Aftenposten (Norway) and Dagens Nyheter (Sweden). Opening one of them beside 20 Minutes is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.